The Immortal Story

Name: The Immortal Story
Genre: Drama
Released: 1968-09-18
Duration: 58 min
Rating: 7.20
Cast: Roger Coggio, Norman Eshley, Orson Welles, Jeanne Moreau

– An aged, wealthy trader plots with his servant to recreate a maritime tall tale, using a local woman..

Type:

TVSeries

Rating:

7.20 / 10

Duration:

58 Minutes

Release Year:

1968

Original Name:

Une histoire immortelle

The Immortal Story (1968) - Also known as Une histoire immortelle

An aged, wealthy trader plots with his servant to recreate a maritime tall tale, using a local woman and an unknown sailor as actors.

Styles:

Gloomy, Emotional, Stylized, Realistic, Serious, Atmospheric

Story Timeline:

1800s

Producing Country:

France

Filming Locations:

Europe

Genre:

Drama

Release Date:

18 Sep 1968

Language:

French

MPAA Content-Rating:

Not Rated

Directed by:

Orson Welles

Story Written By:

Louise de Vilmorin, Orson Welles, Karen Blixen

Main Actors:

Roger Coggio, Norman Eshley, Orson Welles, Jeanne Moreau

Plot:

The Portuguese colony of Macao in the 19th century. Mr. Clay is a very rich merchant and the subject of town gossip. He has spent many years in China and is now quite old. He likes his clerk Levinsky to read the company's accounts to him at night for relaxation. Tonight Mr. Clay recounts a true story he heard years before about a rich man who paid a poor sailor 5 guineas to father a child with his beautiful young wife. Levinsky says that's a popular old sailor's legend and not true. Mr. Clay has no heir for his fortune and no wife either. He resolves to make the story true... Levinsky approaches Virginie, another clerk's mistress, and strikes a bargain for 300 guineas. Now to find the sailor...

Awards:

1 nomination.

Production Company:

Criterion Collection

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database:

7.2/10

Rotten Tomatoes:

92%