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Crack in the Mirror

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  • 1h 37m
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6.6/10
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Orson Welles, Bradford Dillman, Juliette Gréco, and Catherine Lacey in Crack in the Mirror (1960)
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Three performers for six roles: this is the game of the film. A melodrama about two love triangles. In the first, Hagalin is killed by his mistress and her lover. In the second, attorney Lam... Read allThree performers for six roles: this is the game of the film. A melodrama about two love triangles. In the first, Hagalin is killed by his mistress and her lover. In the second, attorney Lamorciere discovers her woman would like to elope with his assistant. During the trial again... Read allThree performers for six roles: this is the game of the film. A melodrama about two love triangles. In the first, Hagalin is killed by his mistress and her lover. In the second, attorney Lamorciere discovers her woman would like to elope with his assistant. During the trial against two murderer lovers, attorney agrees to a minor sentence for them.
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
234
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  • Director
    • Richard Fleischer
  • Writers
    • Jules Dassin(uncredited)
    • Marcel Haedrich(novel)
    • Darryl F. Zanuck
  • Stars
    • Orson Welles
    • Juliette Gréco
    • Bradford Dillman
  • Director
    • Richard Fleischer
  • Writers
    • Jules Dassin(uncredited)
    • Marcel Haedrich(novel)
    • Darryl F. Zanuck
  • Stars
    • Orson Welles
    • Juliette Gréco
    • Bradford Dillman
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    • 6User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    Bradford Dillman and Juliette Gréco in Crack in the Mirror (1960)
    Orson Welles, Bradford Dillman, and Juliette Gréco in Crack in the Mirror (1960)
    Orson Welles and Bradford Dillman in Crack in the Mirror (1960)
    Bradford Dillman and Juliette Gréco in Crack in the Mirror (1960)
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    Bradford Dillman and Juliette Gréco in Crack in the Mirror (1960)

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    Orson Welles
    Orson Welles
    • Hagolin…
    Juliette Gréco
    Juliette Gréco
    • Eponine…
    Bradford Dillman
    Bradford Dillman
    • Larnier…
    Alexander Knox
    Alexander Knox
    • President
    Catherine Lacey
    Catherine Lacey
    • Mother Superior
    William Lucas
    William Lucas
    • Kerstner
    Maurice Teynac
    • Doctor
    Austin Willis
    Austin Willis
    • Hurtelaut
    Cec Linder
    Cec Linder
    • Murzeau
    Eugene Deckers
    Eugene Deckers
    • Magre
    Yves Brainville
    • Prosecutor
    Vivian Matalon
    • Young man at Buvette
    Jacques Marin
    Jacques Marin
    • Watchman
    Martine Alexis
    • Doctor's Wife
    Marc Doelnitz
    • Journalist
    Colin Drake
    • Zanuck
    • (uncredited)
    Sally Kirkland
    Sally Kirkland
    • Bit Part
    • (uncredited)
    Dominique Zardi
    Dominique Zardi
      • Director
        • Richard Fleischer
      • Writers
        • Jules Dassin(uncredited)
        • Marcel Haedrich(novel)
        • Darryl F. Zanuck
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      • Trivia
        Before filming began, Orson Welles warned director Richard Fleischer that he would be far more difficult to direct in this film than he had been a year previously, when he appeared in Fleischer's "Compulsion". Although Welles had two roles in this film, he found neither one interesting, disliked his leading lady Juliette Greco and was all too aware of the inadequacies of the screenplay (written under a pseudonym by his old friend Darryl Zanuck, the producer). By his own account, Welles cut a number of his own speeches and generally made his role smaller, so that he would not become too bored. Director Fleischer later claimed that he had been quite willing, however, to do his own stunts in the film, as that would be a way of alleviating boredom.
      • Quotes

        Hagolin: You're late, every day. Slut! I'm dying of hunger.

        Eponine: Die!

      • Connections
        Featured in Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)
      • Soundtracks
        Eponine's Song
        Written by Henri Patterson

        Performed by Juliette Gréco

      User reviews6

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      10/10
      Terrific forgotten melodrama with the 3 leads playing 2 parallel roles
      One of the outstanding--albeit forgotten--films of the early 1960s, CRACK IN THE MIRROR is a sizzling, frankly sexual, twist-filled drama with Orson Welles, Juliette Greco and Bradford giving the performances of their careers. (Make that the "two" performances of their careers!) In the first story, lower-class lovers Ms. Greco and Dillman are so in lust that they plan an intricate murder to rid themselves of Ms. Greco's dull husband, Mr. Welles. Now here's the twist. When they are put on trial for manslaughter, the distinguished judge is portrayed by Mr. Welles. And unbeknownst to him, a fellow detective (Mr. Dillman) and Mr. Welles' wife, the lustrous Ms. Greco, are also in heat and plotting to do away with him. To say anything more about this highly original, superbly-acted thriller would do it a disservice. Just SEE it, and savor three actors at their best (under Richard Fleicher's brilliant direction) in a film long-overdue for the praise it deserved some 40 years ago. Rating: ****
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      • Oct 8, 2005

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      • Release date
        • May 19, 1960 (United States)
      • Country of origin
        • United States
      • Languages
        • English
        • French
      • Also known as
        • Drama im Spiegel
      • Filming locations
        • Studios de Boulogne-Billancourt/SFP - 2 Rue de Silly, Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France(Studio)
      • Production company
        • Darryl F. Zanuck Productions
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 37 minutes
      • Color
        • Black and White
      • Aspect ratio
        • 2.35 : 1

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