The Red Needle
1951, French. Directed by Emil E. Reinert.
A young woman, Maya, is treated in a mountain hotel, where her husband joins her every Saturday. She falls in love with an attractive lawyer, who has come to this hotel in Savoie to successfully climb the Aiguille Rouge. The lawyer rejects Maya at first, but ends up becoming her lover and promises to run away with her... once the Aiguille Rouge has been climbed. But a storm breaks out during the ascent, and the lawyer dies, struck down.
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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- Released
- 7 June 1951
- Original title
- L'aiguille rouge
- Country
- France
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The Red Needle runs 85 minutes (1h 25m).
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The Red Needle isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 7 June 1951. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Red Needle?
The Red Needle (1951) was directed by Emil E. Reinert and stars Michel Auclair, Michèle Philippe, Jean Marchat.