The Charterhouse of Parma - Interpretations

Interpretations

• The novel was filmed in 1948 as La Chartreuse de Parme, directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Gerard Philipe as Fabricio, Maria Casares as Gina Sanseverina, and Renée Faure as Clelia Conti.

• Bernardo Bertolucci claimed to have based his 1964 film Prima della rivoluzione (Before the Revolution), on the novel.

• In 1981, the novel was turned into a TV series, La Certosa di Parma, directed by Mauro Bolognini, an Italian-French-German co-production.