La Chienne

La Chienne (1931) is a French film by director Jean Renoir. It is the second sound film by the director and the twelfth of his career. The literal English translation of the film's title is "The Bitch", although the movie was never released under this title. It is often referred to in English as Isn't Life a Bitch? It was remade by Fritz Lang in the United States as Scarlet Street (1945). Maurice (Michel Simon) is a married cashier who meets Lulu... More

Initial release date:

  • 1931

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 1 h 31 min

Also known as:

  • La Chienne,
  • Isn't Life a Bitch?

Film

Directed by

Jean Renoir

Jean Renoir (French pronunciation: [ʁənwaʁ]; 15 September 1894 – 12 February 1979) was a French film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and author. As a film director and actor, he made more than forty films from the silent era to the end of the 1960s. His pictures Grand Illusion (1937) and...

Release date(s):

  • 1931

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Runtime:

  • 1 h 31 min

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