News for
Le Corbeau: The Raven (1943) More at IMDbPro »Le corbeau (original title)

1 item from 2013

15 February 2013 3:05 AM, PST | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »

Le Corbeau

Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot

Written by Louis Chavance and Henri-Georges Clouzot

Starring Pierre Fresnay, Ginette Leclerc, and Pierre Larquey

France, 92 min – 1943.

Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Le Corbeau is a witch hunt. The site of this “hunt” is a small French town. A mysterious person has begun airing out the town’s immoral actions and secrets, in the form of letters, signed as “Le Corbeau” (the raven). The victim of these letters is Dr. Remy Germain (Pierre Fresnay), who is accused of performing abortions and having affairs with fallen women and married women alike. The townspeople ostracize Dr. Germain and others named by the raven. However, when a single letter causes the death of a hospital patient, townspeople mob against the likeliest culprits, all to save their community from slinking into the gray areas of morality.

One of the historically discussed themes of Le Corbeau deals with morality. It shows »

- Karen Bacellar

1 item from 2013