The river

Resource Information

The work The river represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sno-Isle Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The river

Statement of responsibility

Janus Films ; a presentation of the Theatre Guild ; Kenneth McEldowney presents ; Jean Renoir's production of Rumer Godden's ; Oriental-International Films, Inc. ; screenplay, Rumer Godden, Jean Renoir ; produced by Kenneth McEldowney ; directed by Jean Renoir

Contributor

• Oriental-International Films
• McEldowney, Kenneth, 1906-2004
• Janus Films
• Mukerjee, Suprova
• Criterion Collection (Firm)
• Partha Sarathy, M. A., 1923-
• Ray, Satyajit, 1921-1992
• Renoir, Alain
• Renoir, Claude, 1914-1993
• Renoir, Jean, 1894-1979
• Ryan, Paul, 1952 December 30-
• Scorsese, Martin
• Shields, Arthur, 1896-1970
• Swinburne, Nora, 1902-2000
• Walters, Patricia, 1936-
• Christie, Ian, 1945-
• Chandragupta, Bansi
• Corri, Adrienne
• Burnier, Radha
• Gale, George, (Production manager)
• Breen, Thomas E., 1924-2000
• Godden, Rumer, 1907-1998
• Hillman, June
• Knight, Esmond, 1906-1987
• Theatre Guild
• Lourié, Eugene

Actor

• Walters, Patricia, 1936-
• Swinburne, Nora, 1902-2000
• Shields, Arthur, 1896-1970
• Mukerjee, Suprova
• Breen, Thomas E., 1924-2000
• Knight, Esmond, 1906-1987
• Corri, Adrienne
• Burnier, Radha

Art director

• Chandragupta, Bansi

Director of photography

• Renoir, Claude, 1914-1993

Editor of moving image work

• Gale, George, (Production manager)

Film director

• Renoir, Jean, 1894-1979

Film distributor

• Criterion Collection (Firm)

Filmmaker

• Ryan, Paul, 1952 December 30-

Film producer

• McEldowney, Kenneth, 1906-2004

Narrator

• Hillman, June

Presenter

• Theatre Guild
• McEldowney, Kenneth, 1906-2004

Production company

• Oriental-International Films
• Janus Films

Production designer

• Lourié, Eugene

Screenwriter

• Godden, Rumer, 1907-1998
• Renoir, Jean, 1894-1979

Writer of supplementary textual content

• Christie, Ian, 1945-

Subject

• Social conditions
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• India -- Bengal
• Bengal (India) -- Social conditions -- Drama
• Bengal (India) -- Social life and customs -- Drama
• Drama
• English -- India | Bengal -- Social life and customs -- Drama
• English -- Social life and customs
• Foreign films -- India
• Feature films
• First loves -- Drama
• Feature films
• First loves
• Fiction films
• Fiction films
• Film adaptations
• Film adaptations
• Manners and customs
• Rivers -- India | Bengal -- Social life and customs -- Drama

Genre

• Fiction films
• Film adaptations
• Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Feature films

Language

• eng
• eng
• eng
• eng

Summary

Based on the novel by Rumer Godden, the film eloquently contrasts the growing pains of three young women with the immutability of the holy Bengal River, around which their daily lives unfold

Member of

• Criterion collection, 276
• River (Motion picture : 1951)

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

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Credits note

Production designer, Eugene Lourie ; art director, Bansi Chandragupta ; director of photography, Claude Renoir ; film editor, George Gale ; music and technical advisor, M.A. Partha Sarathy

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: Not rated

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Language note

Optional SDH English subtitles for the hearing-impaired

LC call number

PN1997

LC item number

.R582 2015

PerformerNote

Nora Swinburne, Esmond Knight, Arthur Shields, Suprova Mukerjee, Thomas E. Breen, Patricia Walters, Radha, Adrienne Corri ; narration, June Hillman

Runtime

99

Series statement

The Criterion collection

Series volume

276

Technique

live action