Release Date

10 Sep, 1951

Runtime

01:39: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Beauty... Mystery... Delightful Humor...

Director Jean Renoir’s entrancing first color feature—shot entirely on location in India—is a visual tour de force. Based on the novel by Rumer Godden, the film eloquently contrasts the growing pains of three young women with the immutability of the Bengal river around which their daily lives unfold. Enriched by Renoir’s subtle understanding and appreciation for India and its people, The River gracefully explores the fragile connections between transitory emotions and everlasting creation.

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Actors

Nora Swinburne

Esmond Knight

Arthur Shields

Suprova Mukerjee

Thomas E. Breen

Patricia Walters

Radha Burnier

Adrienne Corri

June Tripp

Nimai Barik

Richard R. Foster

Jane Harris

Jennifer Harris

Trilak Jetley

Bhogwan Singh

Penelope Wilkinson

Cecilia Wood

Crew

Jean Renoir

Rumer Godden

Jean Renoir

Rumer Godden

Claude Renoir

Kenneth McEldowney

M.A. Partha Sarathy

Eugène Lourié

George Gale

Bansi Chandragupta

Subrata Mitra

Harisadhan Dasgupta

Kalyan Gupta

Satyajit Ray