The Golden Coach (1953) - The Criterion Collection

Synopsis

The Golden Coach (Le Carrosse d’or) is a ravishing eighteenth-century comic fantasy about a viceroy who receives an exquisite golden coach, and gives it to the tempestuous star of a touring commedia dell’arte company. Master director Jean Renoir’s sumptuous tribute to the theater, presented here in the English version he favored, is set to the music of Antonio Vivaldi and built around vivacious and volatile star Anna Magnani.

Cast

Camilla	Anna Magnani
Don Antonio	Odoardo Spadaro
Isabella	Nada Fiorelli
The viceroy	Duncan Lamont
Martinez	George Higgins
The duke	Ralph Truman
The marquise	Gisella Matthews
The chief justice	Raf de la Torre
The duchesse	Elena Altieri
Felipe	Paul Campbell
Ramon, the bullfighter	Riccardo Rioli
The innkeeper	William C. Tubbs
The bishop	Jean Debucourt

Credits

Director	Jean Renoir
Producers	Francesco Alliata and Renzo Avanzo
Writers	Renzo Avanzo, Ginette Doynel, Jack Kirkland, Giulio Macchi and Jean Renoir
From the play by	Prosper Mérimée
Cinematography	Claude Renoir
Editing	David Hawkins
Set designer	Mario Chiari
Set decoration	Gino Brosio
Costume designer	Maria De Matteis
Sound recordist	Joseph de Bretagne
Music	Antonio Vivaldi

Disc Features

New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound
Introduction to the film by Jean Renoir
Video introduction by director Martin Scorsese
Jean Renoir parle de son art: part one of Jacques Rivette’s three-part interview with Renoir
A collection of rare production stills
English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired
Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
Plus: a new essay by writer Jonathan Rosenbaum on The Golden Coach, French Cancan, and Elena and Her Men, and an original essay by film critic Andrew Sarris

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