Charlotte (1974 film)

Charlotte
French film poster for Charlotte
La jeune fille assassinée
Directed by	Roger Vadim[1]
Produced by	Claude Capra Jean-Roch Rognoni[2]
Screenplay by	Roger Vadim[1]
Starring	Mathieu Carrière Sirpa Lane Roger Vadim
Music by	Mike Oldfield[2]
Cinematography	Pierre William Glenn[1]
Production companies	Gerico Sound Paradox Production Sedimo Claude Capra T.I.T. Filmproduktion GmbH[1]
Distributed by	C.F.D.C. - Compagnie Française de Distribution Cinématographique[2]
Release dates	November 27, 1974 (Paris)
Country	France West Germany Italy[1]

Charlotte or The Murdered Young Girl (French: La jeune fille assassinée) is a 1974 crime thriller film directed by Roger Vadim. It stars Sirpa Lane, Michel Duchaussoy, and Mathieu Carrière. The film is about a nymphomaniac.

Cast

• Sirpa Lane as Charlotte Marley
• Michel Duchaussoy as Serge
• Mathieu Carrière as Eric von Schellenberg
• Roger Vadim as Georges Viguier
• Alexandre Astruc as Guy, the editor
• Anne-Marie Deschodt as Eliane
• Élisabeth Wiener as Elisabeth
• Thérèse Liotard as Louise
• Sabine Glaser as Agnès
• Anthony Steffen as Prince Sforza

Release

Charlotte was released in Paris on 27 November 1974.^[1] The film had 497,542 admissions in France.^[3]

Reception

Although it was a commercial success, it was disapproved of by many critics. New York Magazine called it an "arrogant piece of vacuous pornography", and added "if anyone had any doubts about Vadim's utter worthlessness this irritatingly pseudointellectual garbage should allay them".^[4]

References

1. "Ein wildes Leben". Filmportal.de. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
2. "La Jeune fille assassinée" (in French). bifi.fr. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
3. Box office information for Roger Vadim films at Box Office Story
4. New York Magazine. New York Media, LLC. 1 September 1975. p. 13. ISSN 0028-7369.

External links

• Charlotte at the Internet Movie Database
• Film review at New York Times