The Naked Heart (French title: Maria Chapdelaine) is a 1950 British-French historical drama film directed by Marc Allégret, based on the novel Maria Chapdelaine by Louis Hémon. The film stars Michèle Morgan, Kieron Moore and Françoise Rosay. It was released in separate English and French versions. A previous film version had been made in 1934.

Maria Chapdelaine
Directed byMarc Allégret
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyArmand Thirard
Edited by
Music byGuy Bernard
Production
companies
  • Everest Pictures Ltd.
  • Régina
Distributed by
Release date
  • 17 November 1950 (1950-11-17) (France)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom / France
LanguageEnglish/French
Box office£99,247 (UK)[1]

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  1. ^ Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p495
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