Activité-Paranormale

Fiche technique

Durée	145 minutes
Année de sortie	26 avril 1957
Genre	Drama
Pays	- France
Réalisation	Raymond Rouleau
Scénario	Jean-Paul Sartre

Présentation

The Crucible (French: Les Sorcières de Salem, German: Die Hexen von Salem or Hexenjagd) is a 1957 joint Franco-East German film production directed by Raymond Rouleau with a screenplay adapted by Jean-Paul Sartre from the 1953 play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller.

Bande-annonce

Synopsis

1692, Salem, Massachusetts. John Proctor is the only member in the town's assembly who resists the attempts of the rich to gain more wealth at the expense of the poor farmers, thus incurring the wrath of deputy governor Danforth. Proctor's sternly puritanical wife, Elizabeth, is sick and has not shared his bed for months, and he was seduced by his maid, Abigail. When he ends his affair with her, Abigail and several other local girls turn to slave Tituba. Reverend Parris catches the girls in the forest as they partake in what appears to be witchcraft. Abigail and the rest deny it, saying that they have been bewitched. A wave of hysteria engulfs the town, and Danforth uses the girls' accusations to instigate a series of trials, during which his political enemies are accused of heresy and executed. When Abigail blames Elizabeth Proctor, the latter rejects John's pleas to defraud Abigail as an adulteress. Eventually, both Proctors are put on trial and refuse to sign a confession. The townspeople rebel, but not before John is hanged with other defendants; his pregnant wife has been spared. Elizabeth tells the angry crowd to let Abigail live.

Distribution

Numéros d'identification

• IMDb ID (tt0050997)
• Rotten Tomatoes ID (m/1054926-crucible)
• Letterboxd film ID (the-witches-of-salem)

Sources

• en.wikipedia.org - CC-BY-SA 3.0

Magic - 18 février 2023 - Voir l'historique