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The Immortal Story
Directed by
Orson Welles
Not Rated
1968
58m
Drama
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Romance
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6.9
92%
70%
7.1
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In Macao, a wealthy merchant named Charles Clay hires two people to recreate a story of a sailor who is paid to impregnate a man's wife.
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Cast of The Immortal Story
Jeanne Moreau
Virginie Ducrot
Orson Welles
Charles Clay / Director / Screenplay
Roger Coggio
Elishama Levinsky
Norman Eshley
Paul, the sailor
Fernando Rey
Merchant
Louise de Vilmorin
Writer
Karen Blixen
Novel
Jacques-Bernard Dupont
Producer
Albina du Boisrouvray
Producer
Micheline Rozan
Producer
André Piltant
Set Decoration
Willy Kurant
Director Of Photography
Pierre Cardin
Costume Design
Claude Farny
Editor
Françoise Garnault
Editor
Yolande Maurette
Editor
Marcelle Pluet
Editor
Jean Nény
Sound
Gilbert Pereira
Sound Recordist
Marc Maurette
Production Manager
The Immortal Story Ratings & Reviews
Film Frenzy
Matt Brunson
[UPDATED 2025 REVIEW] Minor but not without interest.
CraveOnline
Witney Seibold
Perhaps Welles, in playing a man who doesn't understand art, was embodying his more vitriolic critics. He was presenting ever more complex art to critical agents, and was constantly met with confusion and literal interpretations.
Groucho Reviews
Peter Canavese
A dreamy fable of just-so proportion and asethetics...this literate and richly strange film has layers of meaning available to the viewer. [Criterion Blu-ray]
Combustible Celluloid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Shot on a smaller scale than Welles' other films, but it has all of Welles' hallmarks, including cavernous shots and startling angles.
TV Guide
A small, quietly beautiful fable which leaves the viewer with a strange sense of loss and sadness.
Classic Film and Television
Michael E. Grost
Masterpiece, rich in visual style.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Always oddly fascinating.
New York Times
A.H. Weiler
Its sad and bittersweet effects are slowly achieved in brooding, garrulous, overly introspective style, except by Jeanne Moreau.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
It's awkward yet exquisite.
Film Threat
Phil Hall
Minor Orson Welles effort, though second-tier Welles is still better than first-tier anyone else.
Watch The Immortal Story Videos
Histoire Immortelle: Mr. Clay (Us)
Histoire Immortelle: Mr. Clay (Us)
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Histoire Immortelle: I Will Not Go To This House
Histoire Immortelle: I Will Not Go To This House
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