The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1949 film)

The Mystery of the Yellow Room
Directed by
Written by	Gaston Leroux (novel) Vladimir Pozner
Produced by
Starring	Hélène Perdrière Serge Reggiani Pierre Renoir
Cinematography	André Bac
Edited by
Music by
Production company	Alcina
Distributed by	Les Films Corona
Release date	15 June 1949
Running time	90 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The Mystery of the Yellow Room (French: Le mystère de la chambre jaune) is a 1949 French mystery film directed by and starring Hélène Perdrière, Serge Reggiani and Pierre Renoir. It is an adaptation of the 1907 novel The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Douy. It was followed by a sequel The Perfume of the Lady in Black, released the same year.

There were other film adaptations of the novel, in 1919, 1930, and 2003.^[1][2]

Plot[]

A young reporter solves a mystery crime. The fictional reporter is Joseph Rouletabille. He works on a complex, and seemingly impossible, crime in which the criminal appears to disappear from a locked room.

Cast[]

• Hélène Perdrière as Mathilde Stangerson
• Serge Reggiani as Joseph Rouletabille
• Pierre Renoir as Professeur Stangerson
• Léonce Corne as Marquet
• Janine Darcey as Sylvie
• Arthur Devère as Père Jacques
• Marcel Herrand as Larsan
• as Le secrétaire
• as Julien
• Germaine Michel as La cuisinière
• Gaston Modot as Arthur
• Lucien Nat as Robert Darzac
• Madeleine Barbulée as La femme de chambre

See also[]

• Whodunit

References[]

External links[]

• The Mystery of the Yellow Room at IMDb

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