''The Village of Wrath'' () is a 1947 French

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Raoul André Raoul André (24 May 1916 in Rabat (Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has ...

and starring

Louise Carletti Louise Carletti (27 February 1922 – 10 March 2002) was a French film actress.Kennedy-Karpat p.171 She was married to the director Raoul André. Selected filmography * '' People Who Travel'' (1938) * '' Girls in Distress'' (1939) * '' The W ...

, Paul Cambo and Micheline Francey.Palmer p.49 The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...

Louis Le Barbenchon Louis Le Barbenchon (1911–1980) was a French production designer, set decorator, and art director. He designed the sets for a number of French film productions. Selected filmography * ''His Uncle from Normandy'' (1939) * '' My Aunt the Dictato ...

and

Raymond Nègre Raymond Nègre was a French art director born on 13 July 1908 in Domjulien, Vosges, France and died on the 8th of July 1985 in Créteil (Val-de-Marne). He was active in the film industry from the 1930s until the 1970s in more than sixty films of t ...

Synopsis

The inhabitants of a small

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

loathe a young woman who lives there who they consider to be a

witch Witchcraft is the use of magic by a person called a witch. Traditionally, "witchcraft" means the use of magic to inflict supernatural harm or misfortune on others, and this remains the most common and widespread meaning. According to ''Enc ...

. A young stranger arrives in the area and he falls in love with the woman, to the disgust of the villagers who eventually drive them out.

Cast

as Marie de St-Aiguif * Paul Cambo as Bencho * Micheline Francey as Laurette *

Marcelle Géniat Marcelle Géniat (1881-1959) was a French film actress.Goble p. 121 She was born Eugénie Pauline Martin in St. Petersburg, Russia, to French parents. Partial filmography * ''Le retour du passé'' (1916) * ''L'imprévu'' (1917) - Hélène Rav ...

as La grand-mère *

Raymond Cordy Raymond Cordy (9 December 1898 – 23 April 1956) was a French film actor,Youngkin p.466 born Raymond Cordiaux. He appeared in over a hundred and thirty films during his career. Selected filmography * '' Little Lise'' (1930) - Un joueur de bill ...

as Richelieu *

Pierre Duncan Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

as Un frère Archangias * René Klein as Un frère Archangias * Marcel Lupovici as Jacques Le Majeur *

Roger Monteaux Roger Monteaux (1879–1974) was a French stage actor, stage and film actor.Goble p.346 Filmography References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links

* ...

as Le curé *

Jean Parédès Jean Parédès (1914–1998) was a French film actor.Hayward p.145 Selected filmography * '' Three from St Cyr'' (1939) - Bréval * '' The Fatted Calf'' (1939) - Albert - le garçon de café * ''The Phantom Carriage'' (1939) - Un salutiste (uncr ...

as Mascaret *

Léon Pauléon Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to: Places Europe * León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León * Province of León, Spain * Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again fro ...

as Un frère Archangias *

Nicole Riche Nicole Rischmann (1 November 1925 – 26 May 1990), better known by her stage name of Nicole Riche, was a French stage and film actress. Riche was born in November 1925 in Villeneuve-le-Roi, France. In 1950 she starred in a French stage adaptatio ...

as Anna *

Maurice Schutz Maurice Schutz (4 August 1866 – 22 March 1955) was a French film actor. He starred in some 91 films between 1918 and 1952. Selected filmography * '' Quatre-vingt-treize'' (1920) * ''Au-delà des lois humaines'' (1920) * '' The Three Masks'' ...

as Anne

References

Bibliography

* Martin, Yves. ''Le cinéma français, 1946-1966: un jeune homme au fil des vagues''. Editions Méréal, 1998. * Palmer, Tim. ''Tales of the Underworld: Jean-Pierre Melville and the 1950s French Cinema''. University of Wisconsin, 2003.

External links

* 1947 films French drama films 1947 drama films 1940s French-language films Films directed by Raoul André 1940s French films {{1940s-France-film-stub