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18/09/1968 Drama, Romance, TV Movie 0h 58m
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Overview

An aged, wealthy trader plots with his servant to recreate a maritime tall tale, using a local woman and an unknown sailor as actors.

  1. Orson Welles

    Director

  2. Louise de Vilmorin

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Jeanne Moreau

    Virginie Ducrot

  2. Orson Welles

    Charles Clay

  3. Roger Coggio

    Elishama Levinsky

  4. Norman Eshley

    Paul, the sailor

  5. Fernando Rey

    Merchant

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Reviews

A review by rooprect
Written by rooprect on 2025-05-30
The greatest story about storytelling from the greatest storyteller, "The Immortal Story" makes a challenging and profound statement while presenting itself as the simplest tale. It begins with an old sailor's yarn about a raggedy sailor who encounters a rich man and is paid a large sum of money to come to the rich man's house and perform a task. This story-within-the-story becomes the obsession of rich old Mr. Clay (Orson Welles) who, irritated at learning that it's only a legend, decides to make it really happen.

What follows doesn't stray far from this simplest of plots, and yet as it ta...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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