Orson Welles's first color film and final feature. Criterion Collection Year 1968 Video Release 2016 08 30 Studio Criterion Collection Genre Drama MPAA Rating Not Rated Color Color Runtime 58 Animated Live Action Full Synopsis Orson Welles's first color film and final completed fictional feature, The Immortal Story is a moving and wistful adaptation of a tale by Isak Dinesen. Welles stars as a wealthy merchant in nineteenth century Macao, who becomes obsessed with bringing to life an oft related anecdote about a rich man who gives a poor sailor a small sum of money to impregnate his wife. Also starring an ethereal Jeanne Moreau, this jewel like film, dreamily shot by Willy Kurant and suffused with the music of Erik Satie, is a brooding, evocative distillation of Welles's artistic interests a story about the nature of storytelling and the fine line between illusion and reality. Director Orson Welles Cast Orson Welles; Orson Welles; Jeanne Moreau; Norman Eshley