The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1964)

  • NR
  • 04/03/1964 (US)
  • Drama, Crime, Comedy
  • 1h 20m

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?

Jean Castanier

Story

Jean Renoir

Screenplay, Director

Cast

René Lefèvre's headshot

René Lefèvre

Monsieur Lange
Florelle's headshot

Florelle

Valentine
Jules Berry's headshot

Jules Berry

Batala
Marcel Lévesque's headshot

Marcel Lévesque

The Concierge
Odette Talazac's headshot

Odette Talazac

The Concierge's Wife
Nadia Sibirskaïa's headshot

Nadia Sibirskaïa

Estelle
Henri Guisol's headshot

Henri Guisol

The Son, Meunier
Maurice Baquet's headshot

Maurice Baquet

Charles, the Concierges' Son

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