Eva, released in the United Kingdom as Eve, is a 1962 Italian-French co-production drama film directed by Joseph Losey and starring Jeanne Moreau, Stanley Baker and Virna Lisi. Its screenplay is adapted from James Hadley Chase's 1945 novel Eve.
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Directed by | Joseph Losey |
Produced by | Raymond Hakim Robert Hakim |
Screenplay by | Hugo Butler Evan Jones |
Based on | Eve by James Hadley Chase |
Starring | Jeanne Moreau Stanley Baker Virna Lisi |
Music by | Michel Legrand |
Cinematography | Gianni Di Venanzo |
Edited by | Reginald Beck Franca Silvi |
Distributed by | Times Film Corporation |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
Language | English |
Screenplay
A raw Welsh novelist in Venice is humiliated by a money-loving Frenchwoman who erotically ensnares him.
- Jeanne Moreau: Eva Olivier
- Virna Lisi: Francesca Ferrari
- Stanley Baker: Tyvian Jones
- James Villiers: Alan McCormick
- Lisa Gastoni: The red-headed Russian
- Riccardo Garrone: Michele
- Checco Rissone: Pieri
- Enzo Fiermonte: Enzo
- Giorgio Albertazzi: Branco Malloni
Losey said he never would have normally chosen to make a film out of Chase's novel "but I made the film mine more than anything I have ever done."
Losey said later the producers made cuts without his permission and the film was a disappointment to him.