We Are All Murderers (1952)
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Release05/21/1952
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ProductionJolly Film, UGC Films, Labor Film
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Rotten tomato67.38%
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Original titleNous sommes tous des assassins
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Original languagefr
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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.
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Casts
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René Le Guen
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Gino Bollini
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Dr. Albert Dutoit
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Bauchet
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Philippe Arnaud
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Michel Le Guen
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Yvonne Le Guen (version française)
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L'avocat général
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L'avocat du tribunal pour enfants
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Albert Pichon
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Le colonel instructeur
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L'avocat de Bauchet
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Girard, l'homme dans la cabine téléphonique
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La chiffonnière
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Un inspecteur
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La femme de Charles
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L'épouse de Bauchet
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Francine Saulnier
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Biribi
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Agnès
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Léon
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La mère Le Guen
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Noblet
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Docteur Detouche (version française)
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La mère de la petite fille
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Saulnier
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La femme suédoise
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Le procureur
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Le détenu-coiffeur
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Rachel
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Un gardien
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L'amie de Dutoit
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Charles
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Le directeur de la Santé
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Docteur Detouche (version italienne)
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Madame Arnaud
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Malingré
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Le père Simon
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Le gendarme
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Yvonne Le Guen (version italienne)
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L'abbé Roussard
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La mère d'Agnès
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Laetitia Bollini
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Le pianiste
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Fredo
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P'tit Louis
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Maître Mousset
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Mr. Arnaud
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Un garde (uncredited)