Crack in the Mirror

Crack in the Mirror (1960)

Three stars appear in two separate but intertwined stories of romantic triangles gone wrong in this ambitious drama. In the first segment, Hagolin is a loutish construction worker with an unhappy wife, Eponine. The wife becomes involved with a swarthy working man, Larnier, and their passion knows no boundaries of caution or safety. Eventually, Eponine's and Larnier's lust drives them to madness, and they murder Hagolin. The second tale concerns an up-and-coming young lawyer, Claude, whose mentor is a highly successful veteran attorney, Lamerciere, with a beautiful young wife named Florence. Claude finds himself defending Larnier and Eponine, while Lamerciere dies of a heart attack after he discovers that Florence has been unfaithful to him with Claude.

Date of release
1960-05-19
TMDB
7.5 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 37m
Genres
Crime, Drama
Director
Richard Fleischer

Casting

Interesting facts

Crack in the Mirror is a 1960 American drama film directed by Richard Fleischer. The three principal actors, Orson Welles, Juliette Gréco, and Bradford Dillman, play dual roles in two interconnected stories as the participants in two love triangles.

Production

The script was credited to by producer Darryl F. Zanuck (under his frequent pseudonym "Mark Canfield"), but in his 1993 autobiography Just Tell Me When to Cry, Fleischer revealed that it was ghostwritten by the blacklisted Jules Dassin. Fleischer, Derode, and John Shepridge also contributed to the script, but were all uncredited.

Filming took place at various locations around Paris, including the Palais de Justice, the Gare de Lyon, and the Seine. Interiors were shot at Billancourt Studios and Boulogne Studios.

In an interview with American Legends, Bradford Dillman said Welles could be "hell on wheels" and that director Fleischer "didn't fool around with Orson. Nobody fooled around with Orson. He did his own thing."

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