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We Are All Murderers (1952)

ALL 05/21/1952 (fr) Crime, Drama 117 Min
  • Release
    05/21/1952
  • Production
    Jolly Film, UGC Films, Labor Film
  • Rotten tomato
    67.38%
  • Original title
    Nous sommes tous des assassins
  • Original language
    fr
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

Originally titled Nous Sommes Tout des Assassins, We Are All Murderers was directed by Andre Cayette, a former lawyer who detested France's execution system. Charles Spaak's screenplay makes no attempt to launder the four principal characters (Marcel Mouloudji, Raymond Pellegrin, Antoinine Balpetre, Julien Verdeir): never mind the motivations, these are all hardened murderers. Still, the film condemns the sadistic ritual through which these four men are brought to the guillotine. In France, the policy is to never tell the condemned man when the execution will occur--and then to show up without warning and drag the victim kicking and screaming to his doom, without any opportunity to make peace with himself or his Maker. By the end of this harrowing film, the audience feels as dehumanized as the four "protagonists." We Are All Murderers was roundly roasted by the French law enforcement establishment, but it won a special jury prize at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.

  1. André Cayatte

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Paul Cayatte

    Editor



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Casts

  1. Marcel Mouloudji

    René Le Guen

  2. Raymond Pellegrin

    Gino Bollini

  3. Antoine Balpêtré

    Dr. Albert Dutoit

  4. Julien Verdier

    Bauchet

  5. Claude Laydu

    Philippe Arnaud

  6. Georges Poujouly

    Michel Le Guen

  7. Jacqueline Pierreux

    Yvonne Le Guen (version française)

  8. Lucien Nat

    L'avocat général

  9. Louis Arbessier

    L'avocat du tribunal pour enfants

  10. René Blancard

    Albert Pichon

  11. Léonce Corne

    Le colonel instructeur

  12. Henri Crémieux

    L'avocat de Bauchet

  13. Jean Daurand

    Girard, l'homme dans la cabine téléphonique

  14. Yvonne de Bray

    La chiffonnière

  15. Guy Decomble

    Un inspecteur

  16. Monette Dinay

    La femme de Charles

  17. Yvette Etiévant

    L'épouse de Bauchet

  18. Juliette Faber

    Francine Saulnier

  19. Paul Faivre

    Biribi

  20. Anouk Ferjac

    Agnès

  21. Paul Frankeur

    Léon

  22. Renée Gardès

    La mère Le Guen

  23. Jérôme Goulven

    Noblet

  24. Jean-Pierre Grenier

    Docteur Detouche (version française)

  25. Elisabeth Hardy

    La mère de la petite fille

  26. François Joux

    Saulnier

  27. Alinda Kristensen

    La femme suédoise

  28. Benoîte Labb

  29. Charles Lemontier

    Le procureur

  30. Roland Lesaffre

    Le détenu-coiffeur

  31. Liliane Maigné

    Rachel

  32. Daniel Mendaille

    Un gardien

  33. Eliane Monceau

    L'amie de Dutoit

  34. Jacques Morel

    Charles

  35. Jean-Paul Moulinot

    Le directeur de la Santé

  36. Amedeo Nazzari

    Docteur Detouche (version italienne)

  37. Line Noro

    Madame Arnaud

  38. Marcel Pérès

    Malingré

  39. André Reybaz

    Le père Simon

  40. Alexandre Rignault

    Le gendarme

  41. Yvonne Sanson

    Yvonne Le Guen (version italienne)

  42. Louis Seigner

    L'abbé Roussard

  43. Solange Sicard

    La mère d'Agnès

  44. Sylvie

    Laetitia Bollini

  45. Georges Tabet

    Le pianiste

  46. Jean-Marc Tennberg

    Fredo

  47. André Valmy

    P'tit Louis

  48. François Vibert

    Maître Mousset

  49. Henri Vilbert

    Mr. Arnaud

  50. Edmond Ardisson

    Un garde (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 55 , Crews : 27

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We Are All Murderers (1952) 117 Min

ALL 05/21/1952 (fr)
Crime, Drama
  • Release 05/21/1952
  • Production
    Jolly Film, UGC Films, Labor Film
  • Original title Nous sommes tous des assassins
  • fr
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Originally titled Nous Sommes Tout des Assassins, We Are All Murderers was directed by Andre Cayette, a former lawyer who detested France's execution system. Charles Spaak's screenplay makes no attempt to launder the four principal characters (Marcel Mouloudji, Raymond Pellegrin, Antoinine Balpetre, Julien Verdeir): never mind the motivations, these are all hardened murderers. Still, the film condemns the sadistic ritual through which these four men are brought to the guillotine. In France, the policy is to never tell the condemned man when the execution will occur--and then to show up without warning and drag the victim kicking and screaming to his doom, without any opportunity to make peace with himself or his Maker. By the end of this harrowing film, the audience feels as dehumanized as the four "protagonists." We Are All Murderers was roundly roasted by the French law enforcement establishment, but it won a special jury prize at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.

  1. André Cayatte

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Paul Cayatte

    Editor

  4. André Halley des Fontaines

    Producer



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