The River
(1951)

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Released: 1951-09-10

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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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Nora Swinburne

as The Mother

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Esmond Knight

as The Father

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June Tripp

as Narrator (voice)

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Nimai Barik

as Kanu (uncredited)

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Richard R. Foster

as Bogey (uncredited)

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Jane Harris

as Muffie (uncredited)

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Jennifer Harris

as Mouse (uncredited)

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Trilak Jetley

as Anil (uncredited)

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Bhogwan Singh

as Sajjan (uncredited)

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Penelope Wilkinson

as Elizabeth (uncredited)

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Cecilia Wood

as Victoria (uncredited)

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Claude Renoir

Director of Photography

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M.A. Partha Sarathy

Original Music Composer

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Eugène Lourié

Production Design

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Kalyan Gupta

Production Manager

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Subrata Mitra

Still Photographer

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Harisadhan Dasgupta

Assistant Director

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Satyajit Ray

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Bansi Ashe

Assistant Director

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Sukhamoy Sen

Assistant Director

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Charles Knott

Sound Engineer

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Charles Poulton

Sound Engineer

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