Le testament du Docteur Cordelier (1959)

Country of Origin: France
Year of Production: 1959
Running Times: 74 mins (UK)     95 mins
Length: 6660 ft
Format: black and white
Ratio: 1.33:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

SCRIPT
Script: Jean Renoir
Novel: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (uncredited)

DIRECTION
Director: Jean Renoir

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Georges Leclerc

MUSIC
Music: Joseph Kosma

CAST
Jean-Louis Barrault (Dr Cordelier / Opale)
Teddy Bilis (Maître Joly)
Sylviane Margollé (la petite fille)
Michel Vitold (Dr Lucien Séverin)
Jacques Dannoville (Commissaire Lardaut)
André Certes (Inspecteur Salbris)
Jean-Pierre Granval (le patron de l'hôtel)
Céline Sales (la première fille)
Ghislaine Dumont (Suzy)
Madeleine Marion (Juliette)
Didier d'Yd (Georges)
Primerose Perret (Mary)
Raymond Jourdan (l'infirme)
Jaque Catelain (l'ambassadeur)
Régine Blaess (la femme de l'ambassadeur)
Gaston Modot (Blaise)
Jacqueline Frot (Camille)
Monique Theffo (Annie)
Claudie Bourlon (Lise)
Raymone (Mme des Essarts)
Françoise Boyer (Françoise)
Micheline Gary (Marguerite)
Jacqueline Morane (Alberte)
Jean Topart (Désiré)
Jean Renoir (himself (uncredited))

AVAILABILITY

UK
Theatrical Distributors: Connoisseur

USA
Video Distributors: Facets Multimedia Distribution

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Finland
Rating: banned from 1960-1966; K-16

UK
Rating: X

TIMELINE

1959
September
8: Italy - shown at the Venice Film Festival

1961
November
16: France - theatrical release

1966
July
1: Finland - theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Experiment in Evil - UK / US title
Pirullista peliä - Finnish title
Das Testament des Dr Cordelier - West German title
El testamento del Dr Cordelier - Spanish title
Il testamento del mostro - Italian title
O Testamento do Médico e do Monstro - Portugese title
The Doctor's Horrible Experiment - US title
The Testament of Doctor Cordelier
Tohtori Cordelierin testamentti - Finnish title

LINKS

SEE ALSO
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1953)
The Adult Version of Jekyll and Hide (1972)
Biblioteca di Studio Uno: Il dottor Jeckill e mister Hide (1964)
Docteur Jekyll et les femmes (1981)
Dottor Jekyll e gentile signora (1979)
Dr Jekyll and Mistress Hyde (2003)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1908)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1912)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1913)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1920a)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1920b)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1931)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1932)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1941)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1968)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1973)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1981)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1999)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (2002a)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (2002b)
The Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Rock 'n Roll Musical (2003)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Mouse (1947)
Dr Jekyll and Ms Hyde (1995)
Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971)
The Duality of Man (1910)
Edge of Sanity (1989)
El extraño caso del hombre y la bestia (1951)
Gentleman Jekyll and Driver Hyde (1950)
El hombre y la bestia (1973)
I, Monster (1971)
Der Januskopf (1920)
Jekyll (2004)
Jekyll + Hyde (2005)
Jekyll and Hyde (1990)
Jekyll and Hyde (1995)
Jekyll and Hyde (2000)
The Jekyll and Hyde Portfolio (1972)
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again (1982)
Jekyll and Hyde: The Musical (2001)
Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde (1995)
The Man with Two Heads (1972)
Mary Reilly (1996)
Mighty Mouse Meets Jekyll and Hyde Cat (1944)
A Modern Jekyll and Hyde (1913)
Naughty Dr Jekyll (1973)
Nightmare Classics (1989)
Den skæbnesvangre opfindelse (1910)
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1989)
Strannaya istoriya doktora Dzhekila i mistera Khayda (1985)
Suspense (1949)
Teenage Jekyll and Hyde (1963)
The Two Faces of Dr Jekyll (1960)
The Ugly Duckling (1959)

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Extraños (1999)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

L'Avant-Scène Cinéma no.6 (July 1961) pp.3-38 (France)
credits, script

Cahiers du Cinéma no.100 (1961) p.23 (France)
note

Cahiers du Cinéma no.123 (1961) (France)
review

Cinématographie Français no.1942 (25 November 1961) p.24 (France)
review

Film Francais no.911 (17 November 1961) p.24 (France)
review

Film Journal April 1963 p.102 (Australia)
review

Kine Weekly no.2893 (14 March 1963) p.22 (UK)
review

Monthly Film Bulletin vol.30 no.351 (April 1963) p.46 (UK)
credits, synopsis, review (by T.M.)

Shivers no.97 (June / July 2002) pp.88-89 (UK)
illustrated article

Tiempo de Cine vol.3 no.10/11 (August 1962) p.49 (Spain)
review

Today's Cinema vol.59 no.38 p.31 (UK)
interview

Today's Cinema vol.60 p.106 (UK)
review

Variety 16 September 1959 (USA)
credits, review (by Mosk)

KEYWORDS

book into film, human experiments, jekyll and hyde, scientists, transformations

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008