The Immortal Story (1968)
(Une histoire immortelle)
Country: FR
Technical: col/1.66:1 60m
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Orson Welles, Jeanne Moreau, Roger Coggio
Synopsis:
A wealthy but childless Macao merchant resolves to recreate the ancient story of a rich man who paid a sailor to father a child by his beautiful wife. He sets the company clerk the task of finding protagonists for his re-enactment.
Review:
Welles's evocative curio, based on a Karen Blixen story, started out as a European TV co-production with Spanish locations, but ended up being shown in cinemas. Welles both narrates and plays the merchant.
(Une histoire immortelle)
Country: FR
Technical: col/1.66:1 60m
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Orson Welles, Jeanne Moreau, Roger Coggio
Synopsis:
A wealthy but childless Macao merchant resolves to recreate the ancient story of a rich man who paid a sailor to father a child by his beautiful wife. He sets the company clerk the task of finding protagonists for his re-enactment.
Review:
Welles's evocative curio, based on a Karen Blixen story, started out as a European TV co-production with Spanish locations, but ended up being shown in cinemas. Welles both narrates and plays the merchant.
(Une histoire immortelle)
Country: FR
Technical: col/1.66:1 60m
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Orson Welles, Jeanne Moreau, Roger Coggio
Synopsis:
A wealthy but childless Macao merchant resolves to recreate the ancient story of a rich man who paid a sailor to father a child by his beautiful wife. He sets the company clerk the task of finding protagonists for his re-enactment.
Review:
Welles's evocative curio, based on a Karen Blixen story, started out as a European TV co-production with Spanish locations, but ended up being shown in cinemas. Welles both narrates and plays the merchant.