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The Stranger

Drama1h 54m

🍅97%

🍅

97%

Tomatometer

🍿

81%

Popcornmeter

7.6

TMDB

Storyline

A well-off family is paid an unexpected, and rather unwanted, visit by a man claiming to be the woman's long lost uncle. The initial suspicion with which they greet the man slowly dissolves as he regales them with stories of his travels, tales that are at odds with their conventional middle class perspective on the world.

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Details

DirectorSatyajit Ray

ReleasedMay 7, 1991

StatusReleased

Original languageBangla

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideUFR

Studios

National Film Development Corporation of IndiaErato FilmsDD ProductionsSoprofilms

Cast

Utpal Dutt

Utpal Dutt

Manomohan Mitra

Dipankar Dey

Dipankar Dey

Sudhindra Bose

Mamata Shankar

Mamata Shankar

Anila Bose

Bikram Bhattacharya

Satyaki Bose

Rabi Ghosh

Rabi Ghosh

Ranjan Rakshit

Dhritiman Chatterjee

Dhritiman Chatterjee

Prithwish Sen Gupta

Subrata Chattopadhyay

Subrata Chattopadhyay

Chhanda Rakshit

Promode Ganguly

Promode Ganguly

Tridib Mukherjee

Ajit Banerjee

Sital Sarkar

Abheek Dey

Sourav Banerjee

Sambitendu Dutta Majumder

Where to watch(NG)

Stream

Criterion Channel

Reviews

8 reviews · 7 critics

7 fresh · 0 rotten

Critics consensus

“The sins of World War II reemerge in an idyllic American setting in this diabolically effective noir, buoyed by Orson Welles' virtuosic direction and performance.”

97% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

C

Chris Bennion

RTThe Times (UK)Apr 3, 2023

Traditional as it may be, this postwar thriller is unmistakably Wellesian (not least because of the obsession with clocks).

J

Jack D. Grant

RTThe Hollywood ReporterJul 4, 2022

The creators of this one deserve their acclaim.

C

Critic

RTTIME MagazineMar 12, 2013

Adroitly directed by Orson Welles, who also plays the star, it is a grade A gooseflesh-raiser.

D

Don Shanahan

RTEvery Movie Has a LessonJul 31, 2025

"The Stranger," while built on a clever and timely post-Nazi regime premise for 1946, boils down to an Edward G. Robinson hero piece and a somewhat strained role for Orson Welles directing himself.

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Information

Title

The Stranger

Released

May 7, 1991

Rated

U

Region of Origin

India, France

Original Audio

Bangla

Runtime

1h 54m

Status

Released

Studios

National Film Development Corporation of India, Erato Films

Richard Jewell