The Postman Always Rings Twice - Adaptations

Adaptations

The Postman Always Rings Twice has been adapted numerous times, into a film six times, an opera, and two plays:

• Le Dernier Tournant (The Last Turning), a 1939 French film directed by Pierre Chenal and starring Michel Simon as Nick
• Ossessione (Obsession), a 1942 Italian film directed by Luchino Visconti and starring Clara Calamai and Massimo Girotti
• The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946), an American film starring Lana Turner and John Garfield, probably the best known of the film adaptations
• The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981), an American remake based on a screenplay by David Mamet, directed by Bob Rafelson, and featuring Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange
• The Postman Always Rings Twice (opera), a 1982 opera with a libretto adapted from the novel by Colin Graham and music by Stephen Paulus
• The Postman Always Rings Twice, a play, adapted by Andrew Rattenbury, directed by Lucy Bailey and starring Val Kilmer
• Szenvedély ("Passion"), a 1998 Hungarian film adaptation
• Jerichow, a 2008 German film adaptation, set in Germany
• Почтальон всегда звонит дважды (пьеса) ("The Postman Always Rings Twice"), a 2008 play written and directed by Alexandre Marine and starring Kirill Safonov in its initial run, subsequently being replaced by Daniil Strahov, at the Master Theatre in Moscow