Directed by:
Luchino ViscontiCinematography:
Giuseppe RotunnoComposer:
Piero PiccioniCast:
Marcello Mastroianni, Anna Karina, Bernard Blier, Georges Wilson, Bruno Cremer, Brahim Hadjadj, Jacques Herlin, Jean-Marc Bory, Alfred Adam, Georges Géret (more)Plots(1)
The Stranger is a literal (but still very cinematic) adaptation of the novel by Albert Camus. Marcello Mastrioanni stars as Meursault, a man who feels utterly isolated from everyone and everything around him. This alienation results in sudden, inexplicable bursts of violence, culminating in murder. The subsequent trial of Meursault manages to convey the oppressive heat of its Algerian setting with director Luchino Visconti's usual veneer of elegant decadence. Though set in the 1930s, the sensibilities of the film were very much attuned to the 1960s: the problem was that Camus' sentiments had been adopted by so many other filmmakers of the period that The Stranger seemed rather commonplace. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Marcello Mastroianni
Italy
Best movies:
A Special Day (1977)
A Tailor's Maid (1957)
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963)
Anna Karina
Denmark
Best movies:
Up, Down, Fragile (1995)
Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)
My Life to Live (1962)
Bernard Blier
Argentina
Best movies:
Agence matrimoniale (1952)
Les Misérables (1958)
Marie-October (1959)
Georges Wilson
France
Best movies:
Dialogue with the Carmelites (1960)
The Longest Day (1962)
My Mother's Castle (1990)
Bruno Cremer
France
Best movies:
Une robe noire pour un tueur (1981)
When a Woman Meddles (1957)
The Octopus (1984) (series)
Brahim Hadjadj
Best movies:
The Battle of Algiers (1966)
The Stranger (1967)
Jacques Herlin
France
Best movies:
Welcome (2009)
The Monsters (1963)
Il marchese del Grillo (1981)
Jean-Marc Bory
Switzerland
Best movies:
The Stranger (1967)
Triple Cross (1966)
Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff (1977)
Alfred Adam
France
Best movies:
Jean-Marc ou La vie conjugale (1963)
Inspector Maigret (1958)
The President (1961)
Georges Géret
France
Best movies:
Cop or Hood (1979)
Z (1969)
The Sleeping Car Murder (1965)
Pierre Bertin
France
Best movies:
Dialogue with the Carmelites (1960)
Don't Look Now: We're Being Shot At (1966)
Le Corbeau (1943)
Jacques Monod
Morocco
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
Two Men in Town (1973)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Mimmo Palmara
Italy
Best movies:
Violent City (1975)
The Deserter (1971)
Le Notti Bianche (1957)
Jean-Pierre Zola
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Sicilian Clan (1969)
Conversation Piece (1974)
My Uncle (1958)
Vittorio Duse
Italy
Best movies:
The Godfather: Part III (1990)
The Octopus (1984) (series)
The Leopard (1963)
Valentino Macchi
Italy
Best movies:
The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
Conversation Piece (1974)
Sacco and Vanzetti (1971)
Angela Luce
Italy
Best movies:
Ninì Tirabusciò: la donna che inventò la mossa (1970)
The Stranger (1967)
Malicious (1973)