Stain in the Snow (French: La neige était sale) is a 1954 French crime film directed by Luis Saslavsky and starring Daniel Gélin, Valentine Tessier and Marie Mansart.[1] It was shot at the Photosonor Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert. It is based on a 1948 novel of the same title by Georges Simenon.[2] It attracted audiences of over two million at the French box office.[3] The setting was shifted from Nazi-occupied France to a fictional country under German occupation during the Second World War.[4]
| Stain in the Snow | |
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| Directed by | Luis Saslavsky |
| Written by | Luis Saslavsky André Tabet |
| Based on | La neige était sale by Georges Simenon |
| Produced by | Fritz Bukofzer |
| Starring | Daniel Gélin Valentine Tessier Marie Mansart |
| Cinematography | André Bac |
| Edited by | Isabelle Elman |
| Music by | René Cloërec |
Production company | Les Films Tellus |
| Distributed by | Les Films Marceau |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Synopsis
editFrank is brought up in a brothel by his prostitute mother. As he grows up he becomes increasingly criminal and violent.
Cast
edit- Daniel Gélin as Frank Friedmayer
- Valentine Tessier as Mme Irma
- Marie Mansart as Suzy Holtz
- Daniel Ivernel as Krommer
- Véra Norman as Moune
- Nadine Basile as Bertha
- Paul Faivre as Le concierge
- Joëlle Bernard as Une fille
- Camille Guérini as Le commissaire
- Claude Vernier as L'officier
- Jo Dest as Un Allemand
- Robert Moor as Le professeur
- Jean-Pierre Mocky as Le violoniste
- Antoine Balpêtré as Holtz
- Georges Tabet as Un Allemand
References
editBibliography
edit- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Walker-Morrison, Deborah. Classic French Noir: Gender and the Cinema of Fatal Desire. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.
External links
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