Purple Noon - crew, film crew

The entire team, the film crew of the film "Purple Noon"
Plein soleil (1960)
Timing: 1:55 (115 min)
Purple Noon - TMDB rating
7.571/10
581
Purple Noon - Kinopoisk rating
7.785/10
14961
Purple Noon - IMDB rating
7.7/10
24000

Film crew

Director

Producer

Raymond Hakim
Producer
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Robert Hakim
Producer

Editor

Production Design

Paul Bertrand
Production Design

Makeup Artist

Louis Bonnemaison
Makeup Artist

Original Music Composer

Photo Nino Rota #11810

Nino Rota

Nino Rota
Original Music Composer

Director of Photography

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Henri Decaë

Henri Decaë
Director of Photography

Camera Operator

Jean Rabier

Jean Rabier
Camera Operator

Assistant Art Director

Bruno Avesani
Assistant Art Director
Eugène Roman
Assistant Art Director

Script Supervisor

Yvette Vérité
Script Supervisor

Sound Mixer

Jacques Carrère
Sound Mixer

Production Manager

Piero Cocco
Production Manager

Boom Operator

Marcel Corvaisier
Boom Operator

Screenplay

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Paul Gégauff
Screenplay

Novel

Key Grip

André Bouladoux
Key Grip

Assistant Director

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Pierre Zimmer

Pierre Zimmer
Assistant Director

Alberto Cardone

Alberto Cardone
Assistant Director

First Assistant Camera

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Jean-Paul Schwartz
First Assistant Camera

Conductor

Jacques Météhen
Conductor

Sound

Jean-Claude Marchetti
Sound

Sound Recordist

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Maurice Rémy
Sound Recordist

Choreographer

Jean Guélis
Choreographer

Title Designer

What's left behind the scenes

  • The film is based on Patricia Highsmith's novel 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' (1955).
  • Clément's film is the first screen adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'. In 1999, Anthony Minghella directed a remake starring Matt Damon.
  • The English-language version of the film is known as 'Purple Noon'.
  • The characters and psychological confrontation between Ronne and Delon will be continued in Jacques Deray's film 'The Swimming Pool' (1969).
  • The film debut of actress and singer Marie Laforêt. In 1959, Clément saw her at an audition in the theatre and invited her to star in his film.
  • Romina Schneider, then Alain Delon's girlfriend, briefly appeared in one of the episodes of "Plein Soleil" (Sunstroke).
  • In 1962, the film "Plein Soleil" (Sunstroke) won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Foreign Film.
  • Patricia Highsmith herself expressed complete satisfaction with the film, particularly praising the correct choice of Alain Delon for the role of Tom Ripley. However, the writer was disappointed with the film's ending, calling it "immoral".
  • The role of Tom Ripley in René Clément's film brought young Alain Delon, who turned 24 in 1959, his first major success. Alain Delon subsequently starred in three more films by Clément – "L'année du bac" (1961), "Les fauves" (1964), and "Paris brûle-t-il ?" (1966).
  • Initially, Alain Delon was supposed to play Philippe, and Jacques Charrier was to play Tom Ripley.
  • The film is based on Patricia Highsmith's novel "The Talented Mr. Ripley" (1955).
  • Romina Schneider, then Alain Delon's girlfriend, briefly appeared in one of the episodes of "Purple Noon".
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