The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936)

The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936)

1936-01-24 France 80 Min. PG-13
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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

René Lefèvre is Monsieur Lange
Monsieur Lange
Florelle is Valentine
Valentine
Jules Berry is Batala
Marcel Lévesque is The Concierge
The Concierge
Odette Talazac is The Concierge's Wife
The Concierge's Wife
Henri Guisol is The Son, Meunier
The Son, Meunier
Maurice Baquet is Charles, the Concierges' Son
Charles, the Concierges' Son
Jacques Brunius is M. Baigneur
M. Baigneur
Sylvain Itkine is Inspector Itkine/Batala's Cousin
Inspector Itkine/Batala's Cousin
Marcel Duhamel is The Foreman
The Foreman