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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.
Keywords
based on novel or book
river
snake charmer
hindu
love
india
american
first love
kite flying
bengal
ganges
Casts

Nora Swinburne
The Mother

Esmond Knight
The Father

Arthur Shields
Mr. John

Suprova Mukerjee
Nan
Thomas E. Breen
Capt. John
Patricia Walters
Harriet

Radha Burnier
Melanie

Adrienne Corri
Valerie

June Tripp
Narrator (voice)
Nimai Barik
Kanu (uncredited)
Richard R. Foster
Bogey (uncredited)
Jane Harris
Muffie (uncredited)
Jennifer Harris
Mouse (uncredited)
Trilak Jetley
Anil (uncredited)

Bhogwan Singh
Sajjan (uncredited)
Penelope Wilkinson
Elizabeth (uncredited)
Cecilia Wood
Victoria (uncredited)
Crews

Jean Renoir
Director
Rumer Godden
Novel
Rumer Godden
Screenplay

Claude Renoir
Director of Photography

Jean Renoir
Screenplay
M.A. Partha Sarathy
Original Music Composer
George Gale
Editor

Bansi Chandragupta
Art Direction
Kenneth McEldowney
Producer

Eugène Lourié
Production Design
Harisadhan Dasgupta
Assistant Director

Subrata Mitra
Still Photographer
Kalyan Gupta
Production Manager

Satyajit Ray
Assistant Director

Jean Renoir
Producer

Ramananda Sengupta
Camera Operator
Charles Knott
Sound Engineer
Bansi Ashe
Assistant Director
Sukhamoy Sen
Assistant Director
Charles Poulton
Sound Engineer
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