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(Redirected from La neige était sale) 1954 film
Stain in the Snow
Directed byLuis Saslavsky
Written byLuis Saslavsky
André Tabet
Based onLa neige était sale by Georges Simenon
Produced byFritz Bukofzer
StarringDaniel Gélin
Valentine Tessier
Marie Mansart
CinematographyAndré Bac
Edited byIsabelle Elman
Music byRené Cloërec
Production
company		Les Films Tellus
Distributed byLes Films Marceau
Release date
  • 19 February 1954 (1954-02-19)
Running time110 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

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. 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. It attracted audiences of over two million at the French box office. The setting was shifted from Nazi-occupied France to a fictional country under German occupation during the Second World War.

Synopsis

Frank is brought up in a brothel by his prostitute mother. As he grows up he becomes increasingly criminal and violent.

Cast

References

  1. Walker-Morrison p.241
  2. Goble p.605
  3. Walker-Morrison p.224
  4. Walker-Morrison p.241

Bibliography

  • 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

Films directed by Luis Saslavsky


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