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At the beginning of the 20th century, in the North of the Province of Quebec. After five years spent in a boarding school, Maria Chapdelaine comes back to the family farm. Robert Gagnon, a villager and childhood friend, loves her secretly but Maria is wooed by Lorenzo Surprenant, a man who has fled his home town to escape the police. The one she is really in love with is François Paradis, a handsome trapper. The latter promises to marry her in the spring, as soon as he is back from the Far North. Robert, who is aware of how miserable Maria is, writes a letter to François , asking him to come back at once. Unfortunately, the young trapper is buried under the snow during a storm. As for Lorenzo he gets gunned down by the police. Finally understanding that Robert has sacrificed himself out of love for her, Maria accepts to become his wife.
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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 1950-11-16
- video_camera_front Companies Everest Pictures Ltd., Régina
- timer Runtime: 100 Mins
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- info IMDB ID tt0042712
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smart_display Cast
Michèle Morgan
Maria Chapdelaine
Kieron Moore
Lorenzo Suprenant
Françoise Rosay
Laura Chapdelaine
Jack Watling
Robert Gagnon
Philippe Lemaire
François Paradis
Francis de Wolff
Papa Suprenant
George Woodbridge
Samuel Chapdelaine
Fred Johnson
Le rebouteux
Michael Mulcaster
Légaré
Brian Roper
Tit-Be Chapdelaine
Catherine Bradsham
Alma-Rose Chapdelaine
Georges Mulcaster
Le prêtre
Rufus Cruikshank
Nancy Price
Thérésa Suprenant
Harry Locke
Ewen Solon
Richard George
Roger Vadim
L'Indien (uncredited)
groups Crew
Marc Allégret
Director
Louis Hémon
Novel
Guy Bernard
Original Music Composer
Armand Thirard
Director of Photography
Ray Hearne
Still Photographer
Waleen Whitworth
Hairstylist
Marc Allégret
Writer
C.K. Jaeger
Writer
J. McLaren Ross
Writer
Hugh Mills
Writer
Roger Vadim
Writer
Nelson Scott
Producer
Louis de Masure
Producer
Mireille Bessette
Editor
Maurice Rootes
Editor
Ward Richards
Production Design
Ferdinand Bellan
Art Direction
Goff Price
Costumer
Michael Whittaker
Costume Design
John O'Gorman
Makeup Artist
David Cousland
Unit Manager
Mickey Delamar
Production Manager
John Bremer
First Assistant Director
Robert Sterne
Second Assistant Director
Roger Vadim
Assistant Director
George Burgess
Sound
John W. Mitchell
Sound Recordist
Gerry Fisher
Assistant Camera
Irvin C. Pannaman
Focus Puller
Robert Walker
Camera Operator
Germaine Lecomte
Costumer
John Hollingsworth
Conductor
Betty Forster
Script Supervisor
Maureen Duffy
Production Secretary
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