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The Witches of Salem is a french film of genre Drama directed by Raymond Rouleau released in USA on 8 december 1958 with Simone Signoret

The Witches of Salem (1957)

Les Sorcières de Salem

The Witches of Salem
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Released in USA 8 december 1958
Length 2h37
Directed by
OriginFrance
Genres Drama,    Historical
Rating71% 3.583963.583963.583963.583963.58396

The Crucible (French: Les Sorcières de Salem, German: Die Hexen von Salem or Hexenjagd) is a 1957 joint Franco-East German film production directed by Raymond Rouleau with a screenplay adapted by Jean-Paul Sartre from the 1953 play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller. The film was only briefly released on home video, and is extremely difficult to find.

Synopsis

1692, Salem, Massachusetts. John Proctor is the only member in the town's assembly who resists the attempts of the rich to gain more wealth on the expense of the poor farmers, thus incurring the wrath of deputy governor Danforth. Proctor's sternly puritanical wife, Elizabeth, is sick and has not shared his bed for months, and he was seduced by his maid, Abigail. When he ends his affair with her, Abigail and several other local girls turn to slave Tituba. Reverend Parris catches the girls in the forest as they partake in what appears to be witchcraft. Abigail and the rest deny it, saying that they have been bewitched. A wave of hysteria engulfs the town, and Danforth uses the girls' accusations to instigate a series of trials, during which his political enemies are accused of heresy and executed. When Abigail blames Elizabeth Proctor, the latter rejects John's pleas to defraud Abigail as an adulteress. Eventually, both Proctors are put on trial and refuse to sign a confession. The townspeople rebel, but not before John is hanged with other defendants; his pregnant wife has been spared. Elizabeth tells the angry crowd to let Abigail live.

Actors

Simone Signoret

(Elizabeth Proctor)
Yves Montand

(John Proctor)
Mylène Demongeot

(Abigail Williams)
Jean Debucourt

(Reverend Paris)
Alfred Adam

(Thomas Putnam)
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