Bartleby (1976 film)
Bartleby is a 1976 French drama film directed by Maurice Ronet and starring Michael Lonsdale, Maxence Mailfort and Maurice Biraud.[1] It is an adaptation of the short story "Bartleby, the Scrivener" by Herman Melville.
Plot[]
Bartleby is a loner who gets hired as a clerk when a lawyer is desperate to find a reliable assistant. Unfortunately Bartleby isn't happy with his work. He falls into passivity and depression. When the law office moves, Bartleby prefers to stay in the abandoned rooms. People get fascinated his strange behaviour.
Cast[]
- Michael Lonsdale as the bailiff
- Maxence Mailfort as Bartleby
- Maurice Biraud as Dindon
- Dominique Zardi as Cisaille
- as Gingembre
- Hubert Deschamps as the manager
- Albert Michel as the prison cook
- as the vice director of the prison
- as the taxi driver
- Henri Attal as the prison guard
- Maurice Ronet as the narrator
Release[]
Bartleby was released in France in 1978.[2]
References[]
- ^ BFI.org
- ^ "Bartleby (1976) Maurice Ronet" (in French). Bifi.fr. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1976 films
- French films
- 1976 drama films
- French-language films
- Films based on works by Herman Melville
- Films directed by Maurice Ronet
- 1970s French film stubs