Lo Straniero (The Stranger) (1967)
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71% of users liked it
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The Stranger is a literal (but still very cinematic) adaptation of the novel by Albert Camus. Marcello Mastrioanni stars as Meursault, a man who feels utterly isolated from everyone and everything around him. This alienation results in sudden, inexplicable bursts of violence, culminating in murder.… More The Stranger is a literal (but still very cinematic) adaptation of the novel by Albert Camus. Marcello Mastrioanni stars as Meursault, a man who feels utterly isolated from everyone and everything around him. This alienation results in sudden, inexplicable bursts of violence, culminating in murder. The subsequent trial of Meursault manages to convey the oppressive heat of its Algerian setting with director Luchino Visconti's usual veneer of elegant decadence. Though set in the 1930s, the sensibilities of the film were very much attuned to the 1960s: the problem was that Camus' sentiments had been adopted by so many other filmmakers of the period that The Stranger seemed rather commonplace. The film was originally released in Italy as Lo Staniero. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Luchino Visconti
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Aug 1, 1967 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Phil Hall, Film Threat
Camus on the beach, via Visconti. Unsatisfactory journey into existentialist angst.
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Cast
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Marcello Mastroianni
as Arthur Meursault
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Anna Karina
as Marie Cardona
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Bernard Blier
as Defense Counsel
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Georges Géret
as Raymond
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Bruno Cremer
as Priest
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Pierre Bertin
as Judge
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Alfred Adam
as Prosecutor
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Vittorio Duse
as Lawyer
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Jacques Herlin
as Director of Home
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Angela Luce
as Madame Masson
- Valentino Macchi
- Jacques Monod
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Mimmo Palmara
as Masson
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Georges Wilson
as Examining Magistrate
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Jean-Pierre Zola
as Employer
