The Girl and the Legend (1957)

February. 07,1957

6.1

| Drama

London, in 1730. Charly, Jim and Ben work hard, with the brave Maud, in a cotton mill to earn a few shillings. They all dream of the wonderful island told by Daniel Defoe. The latter lives in a miserable room. He is disgraced and rejected by his son Tom, a scoundrel who blames his father for losing his position at the Court ...

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Cast

Romy Schneider as Maud Cantley

[2022] Romy, A Free Woman [2022] Romy: 40 ans après, ultimes confidences [2018] Ludwig [2009] Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno [1982] The Inquisitor [1982] Death Watch

Horst Buchholz as Tom

[2002] Detective Lovelorn and the Revenge of the Pharaoh [2001] The Enemy [1998] Voyage of Terror [1998] Life Is Beautiful [1993] Faraway, So Close! [1990] Flight from Paradise

Erich Ponto as Daniel Defoe

[1954] The Flying Classroom [1950] The Third Man [1948] Das verlorene Gesicht [1947] Between Yesterday and Tomorrow [1936] Final Accord

Reviews

Pluskylang

1957/02/07

Great Film overall

MusicChat

1957/02/08

It's complicated... I really like the directing, acting and writing but, there are issues with the way it's shot that I just can't deny. As much as I love the storytelling and the fantastic performance but, there are also certain scenes that didn't need to exist.

Derrick Gibbons

1957/02/09

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Matho

1957/02/10

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.