La chambre ardente (1962)

Country of Origin: France/Italy/West Germany
Year of Production: 1962
Running Times: 102 mins (USA)     110 mins
Length:
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: black and white
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Comacico/Taurus Film/UFA
Produced by: Ralph Baum, Julien Duvivier, Yvon Guézel
Assistant Producer: Michel Romanoff
General Managers: Jean Graubner, Rene Grober

SCRIPT
Script: John Dickson Carr, Julien Duvivier, Charles Spaak

DIRECTION
Directed by: Julien Duvivier

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Roger Fellous

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editors: Paul Cayatte, Nicole Colombier

MUSIC
Music: Georges Auric
Musical Director: Jacques Métehen

SOUND
Engineer: Guy Chichignoud

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Costume Designers: Candide, Louis Féraud
Wardrobe Supervisor: Tanine Autré
Make Up: Yvonne Fortuna
Hair: Alexandre

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: LAX Lab.

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Willy Schatz
Property Master: Michel Suné

CAST
Jean-Claude Brialy (Marc Desgrez)
Claude Rich (Stephan Desgrez)
Edith Scob (Marie D'Aubray Boissand)
Perrette Pradier (Lucie Desgrez)
Nadja Tiller (Nurse Myra Schneider)
Walter Giller (Michel Boissand)
Antoine Balpêtré (Dr Hermann)
René Génin (Frederic Henderson)
Héléna Manson (Augusta Henderson)
Frédéric Duvallès (Mathias Desgrez)
Dany Jacquet (Frieda)
Laurence Belval
Gabriel Jabbour
Claude Piéplu (the upholsterer)

AVAILABILITY

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Trans Lux Inc.
Video Distributors: Sinister Cinema; Something Weird Video
DVD Distributors: Sinister Cinema

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Finland
Rating: K-16

Sweden
Rating: 15

TIMELINE

1962
February
16: West Germany - theatrical release

March
7: Italy - theatrical release
30: France - theatrical release

April
27: Finland - theatrical release

September
24: Sweden - theatrical release

1963
July
31: USA - theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Das Brennende Gericht - West German title
La cámara ardiente - Spanish title
The Curse and the Coffin
Noiduttu yö - Finnish title
I peccatori della foresta nera - Italian title

KEYWORDS

castles, curses, the occult

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009