La Chair de l'orchidée | |
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Directed by | Patrice Chéreau |
Produced by | Vincent Malle |
Written by |
James Hadley Chase (novel) Jean-Claude Carrière Patrice Chéreau |
Starring |
Charlotte Rampling Bruno Cremer Edwige Feuillère Simone Signoret Alida Valli Hans Christian Blech |
Music by | Fiorenzo Carpi |
Cinematography | Pierre Lhomme |
Edited by | Pierre Gillette |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date
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January 29, 1975 |
Running time
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110 minutes |
Country |
France Italy West Germany |
Language | French |
La Chair de l'orchidée (English: The Flesh of the Orchid) is a 1975 film adaptation of the 1948 novel, The Flesh of the Orchid by mystery writer James Hadley Chase, "a pulp-novel sequel to No Orchids for Miss Blandish" (1939). The story was selected by French author Patrice Chéreau, in his directorial debut and already well known for his stage direction, as the subject for his first film.
The film stars Charlotte Rampling, Simone Signoret, Bruno Cremer and Edwige Feuillère.