Le Corbeau

Trailer

Play Dates

September 28 Houston, TX MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS

October 4 St. Louis, MO WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

Featured Quote

“PROPULSIVE AND UNSETTLING!
Clouzot’s thundering technique and the impassioned performances of his cast lift Le Corbeau’s gossip
to something scarifying.”
— Alan Scherstuhl, The Village Voice

About

France, 1943
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Cast: Pierre Fresnay, Ginette Leclerc, Micheline Francey
Screenwriter: Henri-Georges Clouzot, Louis Chavance
Cinematography: Nicolas Hayer
Music: Tony Aubin
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Black & White
Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
Language: French with English subtitles
Running Time: 92 minutes

Synopsis:
Salacious accusations swirl as a series of poison pen letters circulates through a small French town – all signed with the nom-de-plume “The Raven.” The primary target of the letters, Dr. Rémy Germain (Pierre Fresnay), struggles to deduce the identity of the anonymous rumormonger before the town destroys itself.

Restoration:
Restored in 4K by Studiocanal with the support of the CNC

Reviews and Quotes 2

"UNFORGETTABLE...Le Corbeau is a hellbrew that has lost not a fraction of its flavor, and it feels all to pertinent
to the age of trolls."
— Anthony Lane, The New Yorker

"A SUPERB NOIR THRILLER!"
— Philip French, The Guardian

"As brilliantly nasty as [Clouzot's later] Wages of Fear and Diabolique or indeed anything this misanthropic filmmaker ever did."
— J. Hoberman, The Village Voice