The Crime of Monsieur Lange
1936/01/24 • Released • French
Overview
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, and he murdered somebody in Paris. Lange was an employee in a printing works. His boss was a real bastard, swindling every one, seducing female workers... One day he fled to avoid facing his creditors, and the workers set up a cooperative to go on working. What then made Lange a killer?
Director : Jean Renoir
Casts
René Lefèvre
Monsieur Lange
Florelle
Valentine
Jules Berry
Batala
Marcel Lévesque
Concierge
Odette Talazac
Concierge's Wife
Nadia Sibirskaïa
Estelle
Henri Guisol
Son Meunier
Maurice Baquet
Charles, concierges' son
Jacques Brunius
Mr. Baigneur
Marcel Duhamel
Foreman
Sylvia Bataille
Edith
Jean Dasté
Model Maker
Pierre Huchet
René Génin
Client at the Auberge
Edmond Beauchamp
Priest in the Train (uncredited)
Guy Decomble
Typesetter (uncredited)
Paul Demange
Creditor (uncredited)
Yves Deniaud
(uncredited)
Claire Gérard
Prostitute (uncredited)
Paul Grimault
Typesetter (uncredited)
Marcel Lupovici
(uncredited)
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