The Red and the Black

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The Red and the Black ★★★ Le Rouge et le Noir 1957

A big budgeted French adaptation of the classic Stendhal novel. A young man from the country seeks success, first in the Church and later in the employment and seduction of the gentry. In French with English subtitles. 134m/B VHS . FR Danielle Darrieux, Gerard Philipe; D: Claude AutantLara.