The River
Director Jean Renoir’s entrancing first color feature—shot entirely on location in India—is a visual tour de force. Based on the novel by Rumer Godden, the film eloquently contrasts the growing pains of three young women with the immutability of the Bengal river around which their daily lives unfold. Enriched by Renoir’s subtle understanding and appreciation for India and its people, The River gracefully explores the fragile connections between transitory emotions and everlasting creation.
Top Billed Cast
Nora Swinburne
The Mother
Esmond Knight
The Father
Arthur Shields
Mr. John
Suprova Mukerjee
Nan
Thomas E. Breen
Capt. John
Featured Crew
Jean Renoir
Director
Rumer Godden
Novel
Jean Renoir
Screenplay
Rumer Godden
Screenplay
Claude Renoir
Director of Photography
Kenneth McEldowney
Producer
M.A. Partha Sarathy
Original Music Composer
Eugène Lourié
Production Design
George Gale
Editor
Bansi Chandragupta
Art Direction
Subrata Mitra
Still Photographer
Harisadhan Dasgupta
Assistant Director
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