Bookadaptation &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:Bookadaptation @settima@zirk.us Sun, 31 May 2026 03:04:13 +0200 Touha zvaná Anada [Desire Called Anad / Adrift] (Elmar Klos + Ján Kadár,... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-60zj <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Touha zvaná Anada [Desire Called Anad / Adrift] (Elmar Klos + Ján Kadár, 1968/1971)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 20/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Touha zvaná Anada (1968/1971)/div div class="caption" Zuzka (Milena Dravić) holds a mirror to Anada's (Paula Pritchett) face. Zuzka's husband Jánoš (Rade Marković) looks on. DP: Vladimír Novotný./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #ElmarKlos #JánKadár #LájosZilahy #RadeMarković #MilenaDravić #PaulaPritchett #VladimírNovotný #ZdeněkLiška #VladimírNovotný #drama #fantasy #mirrors #1960s #1970s #BookAdaptation #Czechoslovakia ★★★★½/div /section ]]>

Touha zvaná Anada [Desire Called Anad / Adrift] (Elmar Klos + Ján Kadár, 1968/1971)

May

20

Touha zvaná Anada (1968/1971)

Zuzka (Milena Dravić) holds a mirror to Anada's (Paula Pritchett) face. Zuzka's husband Jánoš (Rade Marković) looks on. DP: Vladimír Novotný.

#FilmDuJour #May #ElmarKlos #JánKadár #LájosZilahy #RadeMarković #MilenaDravić #PaulaPritchett #VladimírNovotný #ZdeněkLiška #VladimírNovotný #drama #fantasy #mirrors #1960s #1970s #BookAdaptation #Czechoslovakia ★★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-60zj Wed, 20 May 2026 10:00:00 +0200 Compulsion (Richard Fleischer, 1959) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-b6f1 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Compulsion (Richard Fleischer, 1959)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 16/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Compulsion (1959)/div div class="caption" Straus (Bradford Dillman) with Steiner (Dean Stockwell) behind the wheel. They're beaming. DP: William C. Mellor./div div class="txt" "Murder's nothing. It's just a simple experience. Murder and rape? Do you know what beauty there is in evil?" ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #RichardFleischer #MeyerLevin #BradfordDillman #DeanStockwell #OrsonWelles #DianeVarsi #LionelNewman #WilliamCMellor #BookAdaptation #LGBT #crime #drama #USA #1950s ★★★★½/div /section ]]>

Compulsion (Richard Fleischer, 1959)

May

16

Compulsion (1959)

Straus (Bradford Dillman) with Steiner (Dean Stockwell) behind the wheel. They're beaming. DP: William C. Mellor.

“Murder's nothing. It's just a simple experience. Murder and rape? Do you know what beauty there is in evil?”

#FilmDuJour #May #RichardFleischer #MeyerLevin #BradfordDillman #DeanStockwell #OrsonWelles #DianeVarsi #LionelNewman #WilliamCMellor #BookAdaptation #LGBT #crime #drama #USA #1950s ★★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-b6f1 Sat, 16 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Le 15 mai (Claire Denis, 1971) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-p6hn <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Le 15 mai (Claire Denis, 1971)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 15/div div class="occasion" Thu/div div class="occasion" /div div class="img" Le 15 mai (1971)/div div class="caption" Claudia Morin in her silver dress showing up in Philippe Rouleau's office. The perpetual calendar behind her – Enzo Mari's Formosa from 1963 – tells us it is May 15. DP: Dominique Le Rigoleur./div div class="txt" "Of course, it's the 15th of May." ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #ClaireDenis #ClaudiaMorin #PhilippeRouleau #DominiqueLeRigoleur #ShortFilm #StudentFilm #SciFi #mystery #BookAdaptation #France #1970s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Le 15 mai (Claire Denis, 1971)

May

15

Thu

Le 15 mai (1971)

Claudia Morin in her silver dress showing up in Philippe Rouleau's office. The perpetual calendar behind her – Enzo Mari's Formosa from 1963 – tells us it is May 15. DP: Dominique Le Rigoleur.

“Of course, it's the 15th of May.”

#FilmDuJour #May #ClaireDenis #ClaudiaMorin #PhilippeRouleau #DominiqueLeRigoleur #ShortFilm #StudentFilm #SciFi #mystery #BookAdaptation #France #1970s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-p6hn Fri, 15 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Les félins [Joy House / The Love Cage] (René Clément, 1964) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-ldk7 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Les félins [Joy House / The Love Cage] (René Clément, 1964)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 14/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Les félins (1964)/div div class="caption" Barbara Hill (Lola Albright) going through Marc Borel's (Alain Delon) passport, which states Marc's date of birth as May 14. On Barbara's desk several curiosities, including a shrunken head in a glass case. DP: Henri Decaë./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #RenéClément #DayKeene #JaneFonda #AlainDelon #LolaAlbright #CarlStuder #SorrellBooke #LaloSchifrin #HenriDecaë #crime #mystery #comedy #jazz #BookAdaptation #France #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Les félins [Joy House / The Love Cage] (René Clément, 1964)

May

14

Les félins (1964)

Barbara Hill (Lola Albright) going through Marc Borel's (Alain Delon) passport, which states Marc's date of birth as May 14. On Barbara's desk several curiosities, including a shrunken head in a glass case. DP: Henri Decaë.

#FilmDuJour #May #RenéClément #DayKeene #JaneFonda #AlainDelon #LolaAlbright #CarlStuder #SorrellBooke #LaloSchifrin #HenriDecaë #crime #mystery #comedy #jazz #BookAdaptation #France #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-ldk7 Thu, 14 May 2026 10:00:00 +0200 The Searchers (John Ford, 1956) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-l4py <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Searchers (John Ford, 1956)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 12/div div class="occasion" 1852/div div class="img" The Searchers (1956).png)/div div class="caption" A little girl finds comfort in a rag doll. She's sitting against a wooden grave marker. Another scene reveals the date. DP: Winton C. Hoch./div div class="txt" &nbsp; /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #JohnFord #JohnWayne #NatalieWood #AlanLeMay #MaxSteiner #WintonCHoch #kidnapping #western #drama #adventure #BookAdaptation #Arizona #USA #1950s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

The Searchers (John Ford, 1956)

May

12

1852

The Searchers (1956)

A little girl finds comfort in a rag doll. She's sitting against a wooden grave marker. Another scene reveals the date. DP: Winton C. Hoch.

 

#FilmDuJour #May #JohnFord #JohnWayne #NatalieWood #AlanLeMay #MaxSteiner #WintonCHoch #kidnapping #western #drama #adventure #BookAdaptation #Arizona #USA #1950s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-l4py Tue, 12 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Le Horla [The Horla] (Jean-Daniel Pollet, 1966) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-wm5g <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Le Horla [The Horla] (Jean-Daniel Pollet, 1966)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 08/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Le Horla (1966).png)/div div class="caption" A reel-to-reel tape recorder. DP: Jean-Jacques Rochut./div div class="txt" and subsequent days. "8supth/sup of May. What a lovely day!" ### – voice on tape /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #JeanDanielPollet #GuyDeMaupassant #LaurentTerzieff #JeanJacquesRochut #ShortFilm #drama #mystery #monologue #BookAdaptation #France #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Le Horla [The Horla] (Jean-Daniel Pollet, 1966)

May

08

Le Horla (1966)

A reel-to-reel tape recorder. DP: Jean-Jacques Rochut.

and subsequent days.

“8th of May. What a lovely day!”

– voice on tape

#FilmDuJour #May #JeanDanielPollet #GuyDeMaupassant #LaurentTerzieff #JeanJacquesRochut #ShortFilm #drama #mystery #monologue #BookAdaptation #France #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-wm5g Fri, 08 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200 Зеркало для героя [Zerkalo dlya geroya / Mirror for a Hero] (Vladimir... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-hcsz <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Зеркало для героя [Zerkalo dlya geroya / Mirror for a Hero] (Vladimir Khotinenko, 1987)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 8/div div class="occasion" 1949/div div class="occasion" /div div class="img" Зеркало для героя (1987)/div div class="caption" Sergey Pshenichnyy (Sergey Koltakov) speaking to one of the 1940s farmers. DP: Evgeniy Grebnev./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #VladimirKhotinenko #SvyatoslavRybas #BorisPetrov #EvgeniyGrebnev #BookAdaptation #SciFi #SovietUnion #1980s/div /section ]]>

Зеркало для героя [Zerkalo dlya geroya / Mirror for a Hero] (Vladimir Khotinenko, 1987)

May

8

1949

Зеркало для героя (1987)

Sergey Pshenichnyy (Sergey Koltakov) speaking to one of the 1940s farmers. DP: Evgeniy Grebnev.

#FilmDuJour #May #VladimirKhotinenko #SvyatoslavRybas #BorisPetrov #EvgeniyGrebnev #BookAdaptation #SciFi #SovietUnion #1980s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-hcsz Fri, 08 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200 My Name Is Julia Ross (Joseph H. Lewis, 1945) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-c3bh <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" My Name Is Julia Ross (Joseph H. Lewis, 1945)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 5/div div class="X" /div div class="img" My Name Is Julia Ross (1945)/div div class="caption" Nina Foch as Julia Ross… or is she… Julia's lying on a made bed, looking over her shoulder at two middle-aged men and an elderly woman standing in the doorway to her room. DP: Burnett Guffey./div div class="txt" – You haven't forgotten us again, have you, Marion? – You know perfectly well I'm Julia Ross! ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #JosephHLewis #NinaFoch #AnthonyGilbert #BurnettGuffey #crime #suspense #drama #mystery #thriller #BookAdaptation #1940s #USA ★★★★☆ /div /section ]]>

My Name Is Julia Ross (Joseph H. Lewis, 1945)

May

5

My Name Is Julia Ross (1945)

Nina Foch as Julia Ross… or is she… Julia's lying on a made bed, looking over her shoulder at two middle-aged men and an elderly woman standing in the doorway to her room. DP: Burnett Guffey.

– You haven't forgotten us again, have you, Marion?

– You know perfectly well I'm Julia Ross!

#FilmDuJour #May #JosephHLewis #NinaFoch #AnthonyGilbert #BurnettGuffey #crime #suspense #drama #mystery #thriller #BookAdaptation #1940s #USA ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-c3bh Tue, 05 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut [A Man Escaped]... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-cjbl <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut [A Man Escaped] (Robert Bresson, 1956)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 2/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut (1956)/div div class="caption" A hand with dirty nails writing on a scrap of paper with a pencil stump. It starts "Mai 2 Ma chère maman, Je suis à la pris[…]". DP: Léonce-Henri Burel./div div class="txt" "With nothing to do, no news and in terrible solitude, we were 100 unfortunates awaiting our fate. I had no illusions about my own. If I could only escape, run away…" ### – Fontaine\ /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #RobertBresson #AndréDevigny #FrançoisLeterrier #LéonceHenriBurel #drama #WW2 #biography #BookAdaptation #prison #JailBreak #France #1950s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut [A Man Escaped] (Robert Bresson, 1956)

May

2

Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut (1956)

A hand with dirty nails writing on a scrap of paper with a pencil stump. It starts “Mai 2 Ma chère maman, Je suis à la pris[…]“. DP: Léonce-Henri Burel.

“With nothing to do, no news and in terrible solitude, we were 100 unfortunates awaiting our fate. I had no illusions about my own. If I could only escape, run away…”

– Fontaine

#FilmDuJour #May #RobertBresson #AndréDevigny #FrançoisLeterrier #LéonceHenriBurel #drama #WW2 #biography #BookAdaptation #prison #JailBreak #France #1950s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-cjbl Sat, 02 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200 The Devil Rides Out (Terence Fisher, 1968) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-v7x3 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Devil Rides Out (Terence Fisher, 1968)/div div class="month" Apr/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 29/div div class="X" /div div class="img" The Devil Rides Out (1968)/div div class="caption" The menacing Mocata (Charles Gray). DP: Arthur Grant./div div class="txt" – Do you realise what today's date is, Rex? – April the, er, 29th, why? ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #April #TerenceFisher #RichardMatheson #DennisWheatley #ChristopherLee #CharlesGray #JamesBernard #ArthurGrant #horror #BookAdaptation #HammerFilms #UK #1960s ★★★☆☆/div /section ]]>

The Devil Rides Out (Terence Fisher, 1968)

Apr

29

The Devil Rides Out (1968)

The menacing Mocata (Charles Gray). DP: Arthur Grant.

– Do you realise what today's date is, Rex?

– April the, er, 29th, why?

#FilmDuJour #April #TerenceFisher #RichardMatheson #DennisWheatley #ChristopherLee #CharlesGray #JamesBernard #ArthurGrant #horror #BookAdaptation #HammerFilms #UK #1960s ★★★☆☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-v7x3 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200