Diary of a Chambermaid

Name: Diary of a Chambermaid
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Crime
Released: 1964-03-04
Duration: 1 h 37 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Georges Géret, Michel Piccoli, Françoise Lugagne, Jean Ozenne

Le Journal d'une femme de chambre (1964)

Timing: 1:37 (97 min)

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Video for the film Diary of a Chambermaid — Diario de una camarera

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Release date

1964-03-04

Country

France, Italy

Production

Filmsonor, Ciné-Alliance, Dear Film, Spéva Films

Genre

Drama, Comedy, Crime

Budget

Box office

$17 754

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Director

Luis Buñuel

Actors

Jeanne Moreau, Georges Géret, Michel Piccoli, Françoise Lugagne, Jean Ozenne, Daniel Ivernel, Bernard Musson, Gilberte Géniat, Jean-Claude Carrière, Muni
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Luis Buñuel, Jean-Claude Carrière

Producer

Serge Silberman, Michel Safra

Camera operator

Roger Fellous

Composer

Antoine Petitjean

Artist

Georges Wakhévitch

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Editing

Luis Buñuel, Louisette Hautecoeur
Whole Team (20)

Short description

Celestine has a new job as a chambermaid for the quirky M. Monteil, his wife and her father. When the father dies, Celestine decides to quit her job and leave, but when a young girl is raped and murdered, Celestine believes that the Monteils' groundskeeper, Joseph, is guilty, and stays on in order to prove it. She uses her sexuality and the promise of marriage to get Joseph to confess -- but things do not go as planned.

What's left behind the scenes

The film is an adaptation of Octave Mirbeau's novel "The Diary of a Chambermaid" (Le Journal d'une femme de chambre, 1900).
A fascist demonstration shouts: "Viva, Chappe." This is a reference to the head of the Parisian police, who banned "L'Âge d'Or" (1930) after Nazis entering Paris burned down the cinema where Buñuel's film had been showing.