The Rules of the Game
1939 · directed by Jean Renoir
- Rating
- 99/100
- Hit
- yes
- Prestige lists
- BFI Top 100, TSPDT 250
The Marquis de la Chesnaye and his wife host a weekend gala where a variety of complicated romantic and social entanglements between guests and servants lead to tragedy, all against the backdrop of a looming war.
The Rules of the Game (1939), directed by Jean Renoir, rates 99/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Jean Renoir
- Marcel Dalio
- Nora Gregor
- Julien Carette
- Roland Toutain
- Paulette Dubost
- Gaston Modot
- Mila Parély
- Anne Mayen
- Eddy Debray
Crew
- Alain Renoir — Director of Photography
- Jacques Lemare — Director of Photography
- Jean Bachelet — Director of Photography
- Jean-Paul Alphen — Director of Photography
- Marguerite Renoir — Editor
- Marthe Huguet — Editor
- Joseph Kosma — Original Music Composer
- Jean Renoir — Screenplay
More from Jean Renoir
- Grand Illusion (1937) — 87/100 · hit
- La Chienne (1931) — 84/100 · hit
- A Day in the Country (1946) — 84/100 · hit
- French Cancan (1955) — 84/100 · hit
- Toni (1935) — 83/100 · hit
- The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936) — 83/100 · hit
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