The Innocents [1961 film] (1961)

by Jack Clayton (Director), Truman Capote (Screenwriter)

Other authors: William Archibald (Screenwriter), Henry James (Original novel), Megs Jenkins, Deborah Kerr, Michael Redgrave

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Deborah Kerr stars as an emotionally fragile governess who comes to suspect that there is something very, very wrong with her precocious new charges. A psychosexually intensified adaptation of Henry James's classic The Turn of the Screw, co-written by Truman Capote (In Cold Blood) and directed by Jack Clayton (Room at the Top).… (more)

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A governess is isolated with weird children.

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There's good gothic atmosphere. The story is more cringey than spooky.

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Poland, 1945. Mathilde, a young French Red Cross doctor, is on a mission to help the war survivors. When a nun seeks for her help, she is brought to a convent where several pregnant sisters are hiding, unable to reconcile their faith with their pregnancy. Mathilde becomes their only hope.
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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Clayton, Jack	Director	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Capote, Truman	Screenwriter	main author	all editions	confirmed
Archibald, William	Screenwriter	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
James, Henry	Original novel	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Jenkins, Megs	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kerr, Deborah	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Redgrave, Michael	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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The Criterion Collection (727)

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The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

The Innocents by William Archibald

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National Board of Review Award (Top Ten Films – 1961)

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The Innocents [1961 film]

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1961

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Based on the novella "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James.

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791.4372

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Deborah Kerr stars as an emotionally fragile governess who comes to suspect that there is something very, very wrong with her precocious new charges. A psychosexually intensified adaptation of Henry James's classic The Turn of the Screw, co-written by Truman Capote (In Cold Blood) and directed by Jack Clayton (Room at the Top).

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