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The Farm of Seven Sins

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The Farm of Seven Sins
Directed byJean Devaivre
Written byJanine Grégoire
Jean-Devaivre
René Méjean
Produced byJean-Devaivre
StarringJacques Dumesnil
Claude Génia
Aimé Clariond
CinematographyLucien Joulin
Edited byLouis Devaivre
Music byJoseph Kosma
Production
company
Neptune Films
Distributed byLa Société des Films Sirius
Release date
  • 16 September 1949 (1949-09-16)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

The Farm of Seven Sins (French: La Ferme des sept péchés) is a 1949 French historical drama film directed by Jean Devaivre and starring Jacques Dumesnil, Claude Génia and Aimé Clariond.[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Hubert.

Synopsis

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During the 1820s, a notorious opponent of France's Bourbon Restoration is murdered in his country house. The authorities investigate whether it was his friends or enemies who killed him.

Awards

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The film won the Golden Leopard award at the 1949 Locarno International Film Festival[2]

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Crisp p.318
  2. ^ "Winners of the Golden Leopard". Locarno International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2009-07-19. Retrieved 2011-08-17.

Bibliography

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  • Crisp, Colin. French Cinema—A Critical Filmography: Volume 2, 1940-1958. Indiana University Press, 2015.
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