The lioness and her hunter

Movie
German title	The lioness and her hunter
Original title	Les granges brûlées
Country of production	France Italy
original language	French
Publishing year	1973
length	98 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Jean Chapot
script	Jean Chapot Sébastien Roulet Franz-André Burguet (idea)
production	Ralph Baum Raymond Danon
music	Jean-Michel Jarre
camera	Sacha Vierny
cut	Hélène Plemiannikov
occupation
Alain Delon : The judge Pierre Larcher Simone Signoret : Rose Paul Crauchet : Pierre Bernard Le Coq : Paul Christian Barbier : L'officier de gendarmerie Pierre Rousseau : Louis Miou-Miou : Monique Jean Bouise : Le journaliste / reporter Catherine Allégret : Françoise Fernand Ledoux : Le doyen des juges Renato Salvatori : L'hôtelier Armand Abplanalp : L'officier de police Béatrice Costantini : Lucile
synchronization

The lioness and her hunter (original title: Les granges brûlées ) is a Franco-Italian drama directed by Jean Chapot from 1973 with Alain Delon and Simone Signoret in the leading roles. The film music was composed by Jean-Michel Jarre .

action

The corpse of a murdered woman is found in the snowy mountains of the French Jura . The only homestead in the vicinity is ruled by the energetic rose as if by a monarch.

Examining magistrate Larcher himself comes here to help the faltering investigation. A bitter struggle for the truth breaks out between him and Rose, who wants to protect her family by all means.

Reviews

“During the investigation into a murder case in a remote Alpine region, the examining magistrate's encounter with a peasant woman who is defending her suspected family develops into a duel of opinions between two indomitable personalities struggling for truth and justice. Above-average entertainment with great character drawings and haunting representation. "

- Lexicon of international film

Production notes

The sound came from Daniel Brisseau. Jean-Pierre Cracolici and Marie-Louise Gillet were responsible as makeup artists. The scene was created by Pierre Guffroy . The furnishings are by Louis Boussaroque and the props by Maurice Terrasse. Suzy Berton, Yvette Bonnay and Andree Demarez provided the costumes. Suzanne Wiesenfeld was the production manager. The film was set in the Doubs department in France .

Soundtrack

• Jean-Michel Jarre : Les granges brûlées soundtrack 2003 on CD released by the Disques Dreyfus label under the number FDM 36254-2.

publication

The crime film premiered on May 30, 1973 in France. It was first seen in cinemas in the Federal Republic of Germany on March 1, 1974, and on November 8 of the same year under the title An Alibi for Midnight in the GDR cinemas.

literature

• The lioness and her hunter. In: Film Service. Volume 60, issues 1–12, Catholic Institute for Media Information, Catholic Film Commission for Germany, 2007.

Web links

• The Burned Barns in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The lioness and her hunter in: Cinema

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The lioness and her hunter. In: Hans-Werner Asmus: The great Cinema Film Lexicon - All top films from A to Z -. Volume II: HR. Cinema Verlag, Hamburg 1997, ISBN 3-89324-091-8 , p. 253.
2. ↑ The lioness and her hunter. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .