The Charterhouse of Parma (film)

The Charterhouse of Parma (French: La Chartreuse de Parme, Italian: La Certosa di Parma) is a 1948 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Renée Faure, Gérard Philipe and Maria Casarès. It is based on the 1839 novel of the same name by Stendhal. The film's sets were created by the art directors Jean d'Eaubonne and Ottavio Scotti and the costumes were designed by Georges Annenkov. The film was made at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome while location shooting took place in Italy around Milan and Lake Como.^[2]

The Charterhouse of Parma
Directed by	Christian-Jaque
Written by	Pierre Jarry Christian-Jaque
Based on	The Charterhouse of Parma by Stendhal
Produced by	Franco Magli Fred Orain André Paulvé
Starring	Renée Faure Gérard Philipe
Cinematography	Anchise Brizzi Romolo Garroni Nicolas Hayer G.R. Aldo
Edited by	Jacques Desagneaux Giulia Fontana
Music by	Renzo Rossellini
Production companies	Les Films André Paulvé Scalera Film Excelsa Film
Distributed by	DisCina San Paolo Films
Release dates	21 February 1948 (1948-02-21) (Italy) 21 May 1948 (1948-05-21) (France)
Running time	166 minutes
Countries	France Italy
Languages	French Italian
Box office	6,151,922 admissions (France)[1] ₤166 million (Italy)

It entered the competition at the 1948 Locarno International Film Festival, being awarded for best cinematography.^[3] It was the most popular French film at the French box office in 1948.^[4] In Italy it earned around 166 million lira on its release.^[5]

Cast

• Renée Faure as Clélia Conti
• Gérard Philipe as Fabrice del Dongo
• Maria Casarès as Duchess Gina de San Severina
• Louis Salou as Prince Ernest IV
• Louis Seigner as Grillo
• Tullio Carminati as Count Mosca
• Lucien Coëdel as Rassi
• Enrico Glori as Gilletti
• Aldo Silvani as General Conti
• Tina Lattanzi as Maria Luisa di Borbone-Parma
• Attilio Dottesio as Ferrante Palla
• Claudio Gora as Crescenzi
• Nerio Bernardi as Fausta's Husband