The Salamander
Original title: La salamandre
“SAVAGE—LAZY—SEDUCTIVE—FRAGILE—SMART—FASCINATING—ALIVE”
1971 · 2 h 5 min
Directed by 
Alain Tanner
Alain TannerCast
Bulle Ogier 
Jean-Luc Bideau 
Jacques Denis
Credits
Written by: 
John Berger
Plot
Made with John Berger. Known in French as La Salamandre.
Sinekatalog’s take
Alain Tanner and John Berger's comedy follows two friends trying to write a TV script about a young woman accused of shooting her uncle. Bulle Ogier is magnetic in a witty, free-wheeling and left-wing essay on truth and storytelling.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.2 / 10 (986 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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