Anna (1967)

Released in 1967, this was the first colour film made for French TV. The story is about a man obsessively looking for a woman he saw in a photograph.

Director:

Pierre Koralnik

Writers:

Serge Gainsbourg, Jean-Loup Dabadie (dialogue)

Stars:

Anna Karina, Jean-Claude Brialy, Marianne Faithfull

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Anna Karina	...	Anna
Jean-Claude Brialy	...	Serge (as J.C. Brialy)
Marianne Faithfull	...	Une jeune femme dans la soirée dansante
Serge Gainsbourg	...	L'ami de Serge
Barbara Sommers	...	Une tante de Serge
Isabelle Felder	...	Une tante de Serge
Henri Virlojeux	...	L'homme du banc
Hubert Deschamps	...	Le présentateur TV
Daniel Laloux	...	Le serveur du bistrot
Dorothée Blanck	...	(as Dorothée Blank)
Robert Richemont
Olivier Klementieff
Pierre Fruger
Tony Kina
Claude Jourdan

Storyline

Released in 1967, this was the first colour film made for French TV. The story is about a man obsessively looking for a woman he saw in a photograph.

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Plot Keywords:

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Genres:

Comedy | Musical | Romance

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Did You Know?

Soundtracks

Boomerang
Words and Music by Serge Gainsbourg
Performed by Michel Colombier Et Son Orchestre
Sung by Jean-Claude Brialy

User Reviews

The Best the Sixties had to offer

Seen again almost 40 years after the film was first shown on French TV, "Anna" strikes the imagination with its blend of smiling superficiality and its visual creativity. In a way, it is a cousin film of Antonioni's "Blow up", but its deep concern is to fully commit itself in remaining on the edge of things, enjoying a beautiful winter sun light, wondering when and where I will find love, chasing images... The film music, written by Serge Gainsbourg, is very consistent, far from the sheer collections of accumulated songs that most musicals consist in nowadays. Despite its given impression of being improvised, it is also the result of a very thorough visual and cinematic work, with a lot of attention put into colors and lights, which look still stunning today. Last but not least, it seems to have paved the way to bigger productions such as Bob Fosse's "All That Jazz". "Anna" is a fascinating witness of the 1960's culture in Europe.

Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

13 January 1967 (France)

Also Known As:

Анна

Company Credits

Production Co:

Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française (ORTF)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1