The River (1951 film)
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The River (French: Le Fleuve) is a 1951 American Technicolor drama romance film directed by Jean Renoir shot in Calcutta, India where the Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray, then a student of cinema, met him for guidance.[2] It was fully filmed in India.
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Directed by | Jean Renoir |
Written by | Jean Renoir |
Based on | The River by Rumer Godden |
Produced by | Kenneth McEldowney Jean Renoir |
Starring | Nora Swinburne Esmond Knight Arthur Shields Suprova Mukerjee Radha Burnier |
Narrated by | June Hillman |
Cinematography | Claude Renoir |
Edited by | George Gale |
Music by | M. A. Partha Sarathy |
Production company | Oriental International Films |
Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date | 10 September 1951 |
Running time | 99 minutes |
Countries | France India USA |
Languages | English Bengali |
Box office | $1 million (US rentals)[1] |
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A fairly faithful dramatization of the 1946 novel of the same name by Rumer Godden, the film narrative follows a teenager's coming of age and first love, with the namesake river as a central theme and backdrop.
The film was produced by Kenneth McEldowney, and original music was by M. A. Partha Sarathy. The cast includes Esmond Knight, Nora Swinburne and Arthur Shields.