The Red Needle (1951)
1h 25m
Running Time
June 7, 1951Release Date
Plot.
A young woman, Maya, is treated in a mountain hotel, where her husband joins her every Saturday. She falls in love with an attractive lawyer, who has come to this hotel in Savoie to successfully climb the Aiguille Rouge. The lawyer rejects Maya at first, but ends up becoming her lover and promises to run away with her... once the Aiguille Rouge has been climbed. But a storm breaks out during the ascent, and the lawyer dies, struck down.
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Cast & Crew.
Michel Auclair
Florian Faber
Michèle Philippe
Maya Berger
Jean Marchat
Berger
Margo Lion
Fanny
René Génin
Henri
Colette Jacommet
Maya, child
Claude Maritz
Hans, guide
Robert Le Béal
Details.
Release DateJune 7, 1951
Original NameL'aiguille rouge
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 25m
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Wiki.
The Red Needle (French: L'aiguille rouge, German: Verträumte Tage) is a 1951 French-West German drama film directed by Emil-Edwin Reinert and starring Michel Auclair, Michèle Philippe and Jean Marchat. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris and the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Georges Wakhévitch. The film was partly shot on location in Mittenwald and the Bavarian Alps. It was based on a story by Vicki Baum. A separate German version Dreaming Days was made with a different cast.