The Crucible (1957 French)
aka
Les sorcières de Salem
In the beginning of the XVII Century, certain protestant sects left England heading to North America. In 1692, Salem, Massachusetts, was one of the most powerful and austere colonies.
After seven months of sexual abstinence of his frigid wife Elisabeth (Simone Signoret), the hard-worker farmer John Proctor (Yves Montand) has sex twice with the seventeen year-old virgin servant Abigail Williams (Mylène Demongeot) that is infatuated on him. When the other servant Mary Warren (Pascale Petit) sees John sneaking to Abigail's room during the night, she calls Elisabeth that sends Abigail back to her uncle's home.
When a group of women are accused of witchcraft, the manipulative and wicked Abigail manipulates Mary and other hysteric girls to revenge against Elisabeth, telling that they can see spirits and accusing the innocent Sarah Good and Elisabeth of witchcraft. The local Reverend Paris (Jean Debucourt), the Governor Danforth (Raymond Rouleau) and other politicians support the accusation expecting to increase their power against the repressed inhabitant. John and other dwellers are imprisoned and only a confession can save them from the gallows. (IMDB claudio_carvalh)
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| Simone Signoret as Elisabeth in The Crucible |
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| Chantal Gozzi |
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| Yves Montand (C) as John Proctor in The Crucible |
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| Simone Signoret |
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| Mylène Demongeot as Abigail Williams in The Crucible |
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| Yves Montand and Mylène Demongeot |
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| Christiane Ferez |
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| Jean Debucourt as Reverend Paris in The Crucible |
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| Darling Légitimus (R) as Tituba in The Crucible |
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| Pascale Petit as Mary Warren in The Crucible |
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| Pâquerette as Sarah Good in The Crucible |
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| Mylène Demongeot and Yves Montand |
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| Yves Brainville as Hale |
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| Raymond Rouleau as Governor Danforth in The Crucible |
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| Hans Klering |
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| Yves Montand and Gérard Darrieu |
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| Jean Debucourt |
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| Simone Signoret |
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