1951 • NR • 1h 39m
7.2/10
(104 users) 
Overview
Director Jean Renoir’s entrancing first color feature—shot entirely on location in India—is a visual 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.
7.2/10
(104 users) Cast / Crew 
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) 
Claude Renoir Director of Photography Rumer Godden Novel 
Jean Renoir Screenplay Jean Renoir Director Rumer Godden Screenplay M.A. Partha Sarathy Original Music Composer Kenneth McEldowney Producer George Gale Editor 
Bansi Chandragupta Art Direction 
Eugène Lourié Production Design 
Subrata Mitra Still Photographer Harisadhan Dasgupta Assistant Director Kalyan Gupta Production Manager 
Satyajit Ray Assistant Director Sukhamoy Sen Assistant Director
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) Claude Renoir Director of Photography Rumer Godden Novel Jean Renoir Screenplay Jean Renoir Director Rumer Godden Screenplay M.A. Partha Sarathy Original Music Composer Kenneth McEldowney Producer George Gale Editor Bansi Chandragupta Art Direction Eugène Lourié Production Design Subrata Mitra Still Photographer Harisadhan Dasgupta Assistant Director Kalyan Gupta Production Manager Satyajit Ray Assistant Director Sukhamoy Sen Assistant Director 
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