The Pretty Miller Girl ( La Belle meunière ) ( The miller's beautiful daughter )

The Pretty Miller Girl (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: La Belle meunière
Alternate Title: The miller's beautiful daughter
Language Selections:
Arabic ( Subtitles )
Chinese ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Mono )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Subtitles )
Japanese ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
99 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Biographies
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1948 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Marcel Pagnol
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Actors:
Tino Rossi ..... Franz Schubert
Jacqueline Pagnol ..... Brigitte - Watermiller's Daughter
Raoul Marco ..... Maître Guillaume
Lilia Vetti ..... La comtesse
Raphaël Patorni ..... Le comte Christian
Emma Lyonel ..... La baronne
Suzanne Desprès ..... La lavandière (as Suzanne Després)
Roger Monteaux ..... La camériste
Christian Bertola
Jean-Paul Coquelin
Pierrette Rossi
Gustave Hamilton
Edouard Hemme
Jules Dorpe

Synopsis:

This little-known Marcel Pagnol production stars his wife Jacqueline as a miller's daughter. The film concerns her romance with the rich and powerful Schubert, played by Tino Rossi. However, the storyline of La Belle Meuniere is not as fascinating as the film's technical history. It was lensed in an experimental process called Rouxcolor, wherein four black-and-white images were projected on the screen simultaneously through special tinted lenses, thereby giving the illusion of color and depth. Pagnol had intended to make film in the usual "flat" black-and-white process, but when he became intrigued with Rouxcolor he scrapped his completed footage and started all over. Unfortunately, Rouxicolor proved too cumbersome for widespread distribution.

Franz Schubert, disheartened, leaves town. Singing along a stream from which he draws inspiration, he reaches a mill. The miller's beautiful daughter catches his eye...

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 15 March, 2009.

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