The Wages of Fear is a 1953 French and Italian film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, following four stranded European men in a fictional South American town who take on a suicidally dangerous job driving trucks loaded with unstable nitroglycerin over rough mountain roads to help extinguish a distant oil well fire. The film builds sustained tension from the drivers' knowledge that a single sudden jolt could detonate their cargo, turning an ordinary transport job into an extended thriller sequence. The Wages of Fear won both the Palme d'Or at Cannes and the Golden Bear at Berlin, an unusual double recognition, and it is widely regarded as one of the most influential suspense films of postwar European cinema.
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The Wages of Fear (French: Le Salaire de la peur) is a 1953 thriller film directed, co-written, and co-produced by Henri-Georges Clouzot
The Wages of Fear, Description, original language
The Wages of Fear is a 1953 French and Italian film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, following four stranded European men in a fictional South American town who take on a suicidally dangerous job driving trucks loaded with unstable nitroglycerin over rough mountain roads to help extinguish a distant oil well fire.
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The Wages of Fear (French: Le Salaire de la peur) is a 1953 thriller film directed, co-written, and co-produced by Henri-Georges Clouzot, adapted from Georges Arnaud's 1950 novel of the same name, and starring Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck and Véra Clouzot.
Created By: Henri-Georges Clouzot, Article lead sentence
The Wages of Fear (French: Le Salaire de la peur) is a 1953 thriller film directed, co-written, and co-produced by Henri-Georges Clouzot, adapted from Georges Arnaud's 1950 novel of the same name, and starring Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck and Véra Clouzot.
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Wikidata P166: BAFTA Award for Best Film
Wikidata P166 (award received): BAFTA Award for Best Film.
Wikidata P166: Golden Bear
Wikidata P166 (award received): Golden Bear.
Wikidata P166: Palme d'Or
Wikidata P166 (award received): Palme d'Or.
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