Le Crime de Monsieur Lange
7
80 minutes
1/24/1936
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?
Cast List
René Lefèvre
as Monsieur Lange
Florelle
as Valentine
Jules Berry
as Batala
Marcel Lévesque
as Concierge
Odette Talazac
as Concierge's Wife
Nadia Sibirskaïa
as Estelle
Henri Guisol
as Son Meunier
Maurice Baquet
as Charles, concierges' son
Jacques Brunius
as Mr. Baigneur
Sylvain Itkine
as Inspector Itkine / Batala's Cousin
Marcel Duhamel
as Foreman
Sylvia Bataille
as Edith
Jean Dasté
as Model Maker
Henri Saint-Isle
Pierre Huchet
René Génin
as Client at the Auberge
Max Morise
Charbonnier
as Typesetter
Edmond Beauchamp
as Priest in the Train (uncredited)
Jean Bremaud
as Typesetter (uncredited)
Guy Decomble
as Typesetter (uncredited)
Paul Demange
as Creditor (uncredited)
Yves Deniaud
as (uncredited)
Claire Gérard
as Prostitute (uncredited)
Paul Grimault
as Typesetter (uncredited)
Michel Kovachevitch
as (uncredited)
Fabien Loris
as Typesetter (uncredited)
Marcel Lupovici
as (uncredited)