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La fille de l’eau
(The Girl of the Water)
Also known as Die Tochter des Wassers in Germany; La Ragazza dell’acqua in Italy; O Turbilhão do Destino in Portugal; Whirlpool of Fate in the United Kingdom and in the USA
(1925) France
B&W : [?] Six? reels / 1700 metres
Directed by Jean Renoir
Cast: Catherine Hessling [Gudule Rosaërt], Harold Levingston (Harold Livingston Van Doren) [Georges Raynal], Charlotte Clasis [Madame Maubien], Pierre Philippe (Pierre Lestringuez) [Jeff Rosaërt, Gudule’s uncle], Pierre Champagne [Justin Crépoix, a rich farmer], Maurice Touzé [‘La Fouine’ (‘The Weasel’), a young poacher], Henriette Moret [‘La Roussette’ (‘The Bat’)], Georges Térof [Monsieur Raynal], Madame Fockenberghe [Madame Raynal], André Derain [patron du ‘Au Bon Coin’ (owner of the ‘At a Nice Spot’ inn)], Van Doren [the young lover], Pierre Renoir [a farmer], [?] ? [Marc Rosaërt, Gudule’s father], [?] ? [the Raynal housekeeper], [?] ? [the village mechanic], [?] ? [the doctor]
Les Films Jean Renoir production; distributed by Les Établissements Braunberger-Richebé. / Produced by Jean Renoir. Scenario by Pierre Lestringuez, from an adaptation by Jean Renoir. Set design by Jean Renoir. Assistant director, Pierre Champagne. Cinematography by Jean Bachelet and Alphonse Gibory. / Released 20 March 1925. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Renoir’s first film as director. Hessling’s film debut. The film premiered in the USA in April 1925.
Drama: Romance.
Survival status: Print exists in La Cinémathèque française film archive.
Current rights holder: (unknown) [France]; Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 14 November 2022.
References: Film viewing : Bardèche-History p. 235; Shipman-Cinema p. 85; Weinberg-Stroheim p. xv : ClasIm-305 p. ? : Website-IMDb.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc; DVD.
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