Information
- BFI identifier42668
- Date1939-07-07 (Release)
- Production countryFrance
- Production company
- SynopsisSocial comedy featuring a series of interlinked romantic intrigues taking place during a weekend shooting party at a country chateau. A study in the corruption and decay of French society on the eve of the outbreak of World War II. (Synopsis) Moral emptiness examined through the story of a weekend spent in a country chateau by a party of people in pre-war France. (Synopsis)
- Work historyCast names are as they appear on-screen; there seem to be plenty of confusion over variations printed elsewhere, e.g. de la Cheyniest/Chesnaye. Subtitles on restoration written by Lenny Borger.
- Genre
- Subject
- Credits
- CastNora Grégor (Christine de la Cheyniest)
Paulette Dubost (Lisette, Christine's chambermaid)
Mila Parély (Geneviève de Marras)
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Title
La Règle du jeu (Original)
The Rules of the Game (Alternative)
La Regle de Jeu (Alternative)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/42EB-BE43-8D3F-2BEF-3020-GCategory
Fiction- Collections
- Film / Video
- Scripts / DocumentsScript - Script type: English translation of dialogue - SCR-15024
Script - Script type: NFT English commentary - SCR-15025
Script - Script type: English commentary - SCR-15026
Ephemera: publicity - PBS-42668
Small pressbook held.
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- StillsPhotograph: print - Portrait - Black and White - bfi-00o-d8q
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00o-auw
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Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00o-auu
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view all - Articles
- Books
- Digital documentsBFI Southbank Programme Notes September 2013
available to view in BFI Reuben Library
- +La Règle du jeu
Work - 42668 - 1939-07-07 (Release)
France - Film - Fiction
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