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Written on the Wind

(Écrit sur du vent)

Retrospettiva: Douglas Sirk

USA · 1956 · DCP 2K · Color · 100' · o.v. English

Courtesy of Park Circus. Restored in 2022 by The Criterion Collection at NBC Universal StudioPost laboratory, from the 35mm original camera negative and a vintage 35mm print provided by Academy Film Archive for colour reference. The original monaural soundtrack was remastered from the 35mm magnetic master.

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In a Texas oil baron’s mansion, the family drama of four characters unfolds through a lengthy flashback. With sex and money, childhood memories and despair, alcoholism and impossible loves, the film is a flamboyant masterpiece of cinematic melodrama – including in its color.

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Director

Douglas Sirk

Screenplay

George Zuckerman

Cast

Dorothy Malone, Lauren Bacall, Robert Keith, Robert Stack, Rock Hudson

Producer

Albert Zugsmith

Cinematography

Russell Metty

Editing

Russell F. Schoengarth

Music

Frank Skinner

Production

Universal International

International sales

Park Circus

Print

Park Circus

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