This exposé of a malicious small town in France must be one of the most depressed films to emerge from the period of the German Occupation.
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06/24/06
Le Corbeau (1943)
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Reviews Counted:4
Fresh:4
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: This suspense thriller concerns a small French village whose everyday existence is badly shaken by a series of mysterious poison pen letters. The author of the letters, who signs himself "The... [More]
Starring: Pierre Larquey, Noel Roquevert, Ginette Leclerc, Pierre Fresnay
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Reviews for Le Corbeau
1 - 4 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Top CriticIt's a subversive work and masterful suspense thriller that's the equal of anything Hitchcock ever put his name to.
11/20/03
Top CriticA shrewd glimpse into the heart and mind of Vichy France, disclosing a kind of 20-century Salem.
11/20/03
Top CriticUnfairly dismissed in the 1940s as pro-Nazi propaganda, this electrifying work represents a singularly pessimistic vision of the human condition from one of cinema's most bracingly misanthropic directors.
11/20/03
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