Nuits Rouges
6.8 /10 1 Votes
Writer Jacques Champreux Screenplay Jacques Champreux Country FranceItaly | 6.6/10 IMDb Genre Mystery Duration Language French | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date November 20, 1974 (1974-11-20) (France) Initial release November 20, 1974 (France) Cast Jacques Champreux (l'homme sans visage), (Martine), Patrick Préjean (Séraphin), Gert Fröbe (Sorbier), (Paul), Enzo Fisichella (Péclet)Similar movies Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade , A Diary of a Murderess , Cross of the Devil , Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End , Ironclad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nuits Rouges is a 1974 French-Italian crime and thriller film directed by Georges Franju. The film was released in the U.S. in an English-dubbed version by New Line Cinema under the title Shadowman in 1975.
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Clad in a featureless red mask, The Man Without A Face is involved in a single-minded pursuit of the fabled treasure of the Knights Templar in this tribute to the pulp adventure stories of Louis Feuillade.
Production
Nuits Rouges was filmed in 1973. The film is a 100 minute theatrical version of a film originally commissioned for television. The budget for the film was so modest that Franju had to film all interiors of the film on a studio set.
Release
Nuits Rouges was released on November 20, 1974 in France.
Reception
Nuits Rouges features mixed and even mocking reviews from French critics on its release. Nuits Rouges was released on DVD in the United Kingdom as part of Eurekas Masters of Cinema series along with another film by Georges Franju, Judex (1963).
References
Nuits Rouges WikipediaNuits Rouges IMDb Nuits Rouges themoviedb.org