The Red Inn

The Red Inn
Directed by	Claude Autant-Lara
Produced by	Simon Schiffrin
Written by	Jean Aurenche Pierre Bost Claude Autant-Lara
Starring	Fernandel Françoise Rosay Julien Carette
Music by	René Cloërec
Cinematography	André Bac
Edited by	Madeleine Gug
Production company	Memnon Films
Distributed by	Les Acacias
Release dates	19 October 1951 (1951-10-19)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The Red Inn (French: L'auberge rouge) is a 1951 French comedy-crime film directed by Claude Autant-Lara, starring Fernandel, Françoise Rosay and Julien Carette. Set in 1833, it tells the story of how a monk visits the inn l'Auberge rouge in Peyrebeille, where the innkeeper confesses to a number of serious sins. The film is based on the actual crime case of the Peyrebeille Inn. It premiered on 19 October 1951. A remake of the film, directed by Gérard Krawczyk, premiered in 2007.

Cast

• Fernandel as the monk
• Françoise Rosay as Marie Martin
• Marie-Claire Olivia as Mathilde
• Jean-Roger Caussimon as Dauvin
• Nane Germon as Elisa
• Jacques Charon as Rodolphe
• Julien Carette as Pierre Martin
• Gregoire Aslan as Barbeuf
• Andrée Viala as La Marquise De La Roche de Glun
• Didier D'yd as Janou
• Lud Germain as Fétiche
• Robert Berri as Le Cocher
• André Cheff as Le dandy
• André Dalibert as le bûcheron
• Manuel Gary as Un gendarme
• René Lefevre-Bel as Un gendarme

Production

The film was originally supposed to be an adaptation of Honoré de Balzac's 1831 short story "The Red Inn" ("L'auberge rouge"), as part of the commemoration 100 years after Balzac's death. When the financing encountered problems and took longer than expected, the filmmakers decided to keep the title, but change the project into a treatment of the events of the Auberge rouge in Peyrebeille, which are unrelated to Balzac's story.