Overview:
Art film producer Jeremy Prokosch, unhappy with the work of his director, hires Fritz Lang (as himself) to direct an adaptation of The Odyssey, but when it seems that the legendary filmmaker is making a picture destined to bomb, he brings in a screenwriter to energise the script. The professional intersects with the personal when a rift develops between the writer and his wife.| Original Title: | Le Mépris |
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| Status: | Released (1963-10-29) |
| Awards: | 1 win & 1 nomination total |
| BoxOffice: | $1,151,804 |
| Screen: | Alberto Moravia, Jean-Luc Godard |
| Productions: | Rome-Paris Films, Les Films Concordia, C. C. Champion |
| Production Countries: | France, Italy |
| Spoken Languages: | English, Français, Deutsch, Italiano |
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Casts
- 3783: Brigitte Bardot - Camille Javal
- 3784: Michel Piccoli - Paul Javal
- 3785: Jack Palance - Jeremy Prokosch
- 3786: Giorgia Moll - Francesca Vanini
- 68: Fritz Lang - Fritz Lang
- 3540: Raoul Coutard - Cameraman
- 3776: Jean-Luc Godard - Lang's Assistant Director
Crews
- 3540: Raoul Coutard - Director of Photography - Camera
- 3535: Georges Delerue - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 3526: Agnès Guillemot - Editor - Editing
- 3776: Jean-Luc Godard - Screenplay - Writing
- 3782: Lila Lakshmanan - Editor - Editing
- 3776: Jean-Luc Godard - Director - Directing
- 3778: Carlo Ponti - Producer - Production
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Jack Palance is ideally cast here as the Hollywood producer ("Prokosch") who has commissioned the legendary director Fritz Lang to breathe a last breath of life into the once thriving peplum genre with an adaptation of Homer's "Odyssey". He sees the rushes, and aside from a little ny ....
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