Manon (film)

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Manon
Directed by	Henri-Georges Clouzot
Written by	Henri-Georges Clouzot Jean Ferry
Starring	Cecile Aubrey Michel Auclair
Release date(s)	March 9, 1949 (1949-03-09) (France) 25 September 1950 (USA)
Running time	100 mins
Country	France
Language	French
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Manon is a 1949 French film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. It is an adaptation of the 1731 novel Manon Lescaut by Abbe Prevost. Clouzot updates the setting to World War II, making the story about a French Resistance fighter who rescues a woman from villagers convinced she is a Nazi collaborator.

Preceded by Hamlet	Golden Lion winner 1949	Succeeded by Justice is Done

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Henri-Georges Clouzot

Caprice de Princesse (with Karl Hartl) • Tout pour l'amour (with Joe May) • L'assassin habite au 21 (1942) • Le Corbeau (1943) • Quai des orfèvres (1947) • Manon (1948) • Miquette et sa mère (1949) • Wages of Fear (1952) • Les Diaboliques (1954) • Les Espions (1957) • La Vérité (1960) • Grands chefs d'orchestre (1966) • La Prisonnière (1968)
Shorts: La Terreur des Batignolles • Retour à la vie (1949, segment "Le Retour de Jean")
Documentary: Le Mystère Picasso (1956) • Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem
Unfinished: Voyage en Brésil • L'Enfer