The Crime of Monsieur Lange

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

Cast

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

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Sylvain Itkine

Inspector Itkine / Batala's Cousin