The Immortal Story

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The Immortal Story is a 1968 film directed by and starring Orson Welles, adapted from an Isak Dinesen tale about an aging merchant who tries to turn a sailor’s legend into reality.

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instanceOf film ⓘ
adaptationOf The Immortal Story by Isak Dinesen ⓘ
basedOn Isak Dinesen work ⓘ
The Immortal Story (short story) ⓘ
character Elishama Levinsky ⓘ
Mr. Clay ⓘ
Paul ⓘ
Virginie ⓘ
cinematographyBy Willy Kurant ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
director Orson Welles ⓘ
distributor ORTF ⓘ
editedBy Frederique Ravel ⓘ
filmingLocation Spain ⓘ
firstReleaseFormat television ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
fantasy film ⓘ
hasCultFollowing yes ⓘ
hasTheme illusion versus reality ⓘ
storytelling and myth ⓘ
wealth and loneliness ⓘ
leadActorRole Orson Welles as Mr. Clay ⓘ
leadActressRole Jeanne Moreau as Virginie ⓘ
mainCharacterOccupation merchant ⓘ
musicBy Erik Satie (pre-existing music) ⓘ
linked to: Erik Satie
notableFor first color film directed by Orson Welles ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
originalNetwork French television ⓘ
plotSummary An aging wealthy merchant attempts to make a legendary sailor’s tale come true by hiring a young sailor and a woman to enact it. ⓘ
producer Orson Welles ⓘ
productionCompany Les Films de l’Astrophore ⓘ
ORTF ⓘ
releaseYear 1968 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 58 ⓘ
screenFormat color ⓘ
screenwriter Orson Welles ⓘ
settingLocation Macao ⓘ
linked to: Macau
starring Fernando Rey ⓘ
Jeanne Moreau ⓘ
Norman Eshley ⓘ
Orson Welles ⓘ
Roger Coggio ⓘ
supportingActorRole Norman Eshley as the young sailor ⓘ
Roger Coggio as Elishama Levinsky ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting 19th century ⓘ

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Paola Mori → notableWork → The Immortal Story ⓘ
Fernando Rey → notableWork → The Immortal Story ⓘ