The River (1951)
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- Approved
- 1h 39min
- Drama, Romance
- 10 Sep 1951 (USA)
- Movie
- Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 3 wins & 2 nominations.
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Nora Swinburne | ... |
The Mother
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Esmond Knight | ... |
The Father
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Arthur Shields | ... |
Mr. John
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Suprova Mukerjee | ... |
Nan
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Thomas E. Breen | ... |
Capt. John
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Patricia Walters | ... |
Harriet
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Radha | ... |
Melanie
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Adrienne Corri | ... |
Valerie
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June Tripp | ... |
Narrator (voice)
(as June Hillman)
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Nimai Barik | ... |
Kanu (uncredited)
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Richard R. Foster | ... |
Bogey (uncredited)
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Jane Harris | ... |
Muffie (uncredited)
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Jennifer Harris | ... |
Mouse (uncredited)
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Trilak Jetley | ... |
Anil (uncredited)
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Bhogwan Singh | ... |
Sajjan (uncredited)
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Penelope Wilkinson | ... |
Elizabeth (uncredited)
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Cecilia Wood | ... |
Victoria (uncredited)
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Directed by
Jean Renoir |
Written by
Rumer Godden | ... | (novel) |
Rumer Godden | ... | (screenplay) and |
Jean Renoir | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
Kenneth McEldowney | ... | producer |
Jean Renoir | ... | producer |
Music by
M.A. Partha Sarathy |
Cinematography by
Claude Renoir |
Editing by
George Gale |
Production Design by
Eugène Lourié | ... | (as Eugene Lourie) |
Art Direction by
Bansi Chandragupta |
Production Management
Kalyan Gupta | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bansi Ashe | ... | assistant director |
Harisadhan Dasgupta | ... | assistant director (as Hari S. Das Gupta) |
Sukhamoy Sen | ... | assistant director |
Satyajit Ray | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Charles Knott | ... | sound engineer |
Charles Poulton | ... | sound engineer |
Camera and Electrical Department
Ramananda Sen Gupta | ... | camera operator |
Shadhon Ray | ... | apprentice camera operator (uncredited) |
Music Department
Alain Daniélou | ... | musical advisor (uncredited) |
Subrata Mitra | ... | musician: sitar (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Forrest Judd | ... | assistant: Mr. Renoir |
M.A. Partha Sarathy | ... | technical advisor |
Hank Gale | ... | production publicist (uncredited) |
Subrata Mitra | ... | production assistant (uncredited) |
Satyajit Ray | ... | assistant: Mr. Renoir (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- United Artists (1951) (United States) (theatrical)
- Dai Film (1952) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Les Artistes Associés S.A.B. (1952) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1952) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1952) (Argentina) (theatrical) (as Artistas Unidos)
- Kommunenes Filmcentral (KF) (1953) (Norway) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1953) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Constantin-Film (1953) (Austria) (theatrical) (as Constantin-Filmverleih)
- The Criterion Collection (2005) (United States) (DVD)
- BFI Video (2006) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- Continental Home Vídeo (2006) (Brazil) (DVD)
- Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
- The Criterion Collection (2015) (United States) (DVD)
- Altomedia. Co. Ltd. (Korea) (DVD)
- Altomedia. Co. Ltd. (Korea) (VHS)
- The Criterion Collection (United States) (laserdisc)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Western Electric (sound recording)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Harriet, now an adult, narrates the story of her coming of age, growing up as a British national and as a daughter of a jute press manager in the Bengal region of India, they living in the big house on the banks of one of the holy rivers. At the time, she is the eldest of six siblings - five girls and one boy - with another one on the way and with her being significantly older than the rest of her siblings. As such, she spends much time with an honorary member of their family, a late teen - not quite an adult - named Valerie, also a British national and the daughter of the jute press owner. Another friend, who recently arrived home from her western schooling, is Melanie, the biracial daughter of British national Mr. John and his deceased Hindu wife. Both Mr. John and Melanie realize her difficult position, straddling both the Hindi and western cultures. Their small world is shaken up with the arrival of Captain John, Mr. John's cousin and an American ex-military man who has one prosthetic leg, the result of his time in the war. He is a somewhat sullen man who is running away from anything that reminds him of his time before his physical disability. Regardless, he has an effect on all three of Harriet, Valerie and Melanie in different ways, which nonetheless tests their friendships. In combination with other things that happen, this may provide Harriet with a bigger view of life in her coming of age. Written by Huggo |
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Taglines | Beauty...Mystery...Delightful Humor... See more » |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | This film was instrumental in launching the careers of Satyajit Ray - an assistant on the film - and Subrata Mitra, who went on to become Ray's cinematographer. See more » |
Goofs | (at around 36 mins) A cigarette appears from nowhere. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Far (2001). See more » |
Quotes |
Valerie:
This... being together... in the garden. All of us happy, and you with us here, I didn't want it to change... and it's changed. I didn't want it to end... and it's gone. It was like something in a dream. Now you've made it real. I didn't want to be real. See more » |