Overview
Meursault is a man who feels utterly isolated from everyone and everything around him. This alienation results in sudden, inexplicable bursts of violence, culminating in murder.
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Based on
Based on the novel The Stranger
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Setting
Set in Algeria
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Music
Music by Piero Piccioni
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Giuseppe Rotunno
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Suso Cecchi d'AmicoScreenplay
- Georges ConchonScreenplay
- Luchino ViscontiScreenplay
- Albert CamusNovel
- Original title
- Lo straniero
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 14, 1967
- Original language
- Italian
- Countries
- Algeria, France, Italy
Cast
Marcello MastroianniArthur Meursault
Anna KarinaMarie Cardona
Bernard BlierDefense Counsel
Alfred AdamProsecutor
Pierre BertinJudge
Angela LuceMadame Masson
Jacques HerlinDirector of Home
Mimmo PalmaraMasson- Jean-Pierre ZolaEmployer
- Joseph MarechalSalamano
Jacques MonodPrison Guard- Mohamed CheritelArab
Vittorio DuseLawyer
Brahim HadjadjArab
Valentino Macchi- Saada RahlemArab
- Marc LaurentEmmanuel
- Paolo Herzl
Bruno CremerPriest
Georges GéretRaymond Sintes
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