# The Philosopher's Stone (1958)

> An impecunious Bengali clerk’s miraculous shortcut to wealth becomes a gleeful satire of greed, status, and social pretension.

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## Facts

- Runtime: 111 min
- Genres: Comedy, Fantasy
- Director: Satyajit Ray
- Cast: Tulsi Chakraborty, Kali Bannerjee, Ranibala, Gangapada Basu, Haridhan Mukhopadhyay, Jahar Roy, Bireswar Sen, Mani Srimani
- TMDB rating: 6.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052046/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: none
- Mood: witty, irreverent, satirical, classic cinema night, arthouse film evening

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