The Crime of Monsieur Lange
1936 · Movie · 80 min. · France
A man and a woman arrive in a cafe-hotel near the belgian frontier. The customers recognize the man from the police's description. His name is Amedee Lange, he murdered Batala in Paris. His lady friend Valentine tells the whole story: Lange was an employee in Batala's little printing works. Batala was a real bastard, swindling every one, seducing female workers of Valentine's laundry... One day he fled to avoid facing his creditors, and the workers set up a cooperative to go on working. But the plot is less important that the description of the atmosphere just before the Popular Front.
Direction Jean Renoir
Cast René Lefèvre · Florelle · Jules Berry · Marcel Lévesque · Odette Talazac · Henri Guisol · Maurice Baquet · Jacques Brunius · Nadia Sibirskaïa
Soundtrack Joseph Kosma · Jean Wiener
Screenplay Jean Renoir · Jacques Prévert · Jean Castanyer
Cinematography Jean Bachelet
Original title Le crime de Monsieur Lange
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