Pelléas et Mélisande

1992 2h 38m FR

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★9.0TMDB · 2

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Synopsis

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Pelléas et Mélisande (Pelléas and Mélisande) is an opera in five acts with music by Claude Debussy. The French libretto was adapted from Maurice Maeterlinck's Symbolist play Pelléas et Mélisande. It premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 30 April 1902 with Jean Périer as Pelléas and Mary Garden as Mélisande in a performance conducted by André Messager, who was instrumental in getting the Opéra-Comique to stage the work. The only opera Debussy ever completed, it is considered a landmark in 20th-century music.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Alison Hagley
Mélisande
Neill Archer
Pelléas
Donald Maxwell
Golaud
Kenneth Cox
Arkel
Penelope Walker
Geneviève
Peter Masocchi
Le Berger / Le Médecin
Samuel Burkey
Yniold

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Peter Stein
Languages: French
Countries: United Kingdom

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 158 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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ERA

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34 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Alison Hagley and Neill Archer and Donald Maxwell carry the top of the cast.

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IMDB entry: tt0256261 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Peter Stein directs. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in French.

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1Clocks in at 158 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
234 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Alison Hagley and Neill Archer and Donald Maxwell carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt0256261 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.