The Crime of Monsieur Lange

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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?

Country:

France

Genre:

Drama,

Crime,

Comedy

Duration:

80 minutes

Year:

1936

Director:

Jean Renoir

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Company:

Films Obéron

Cast:
René Lefèvre

Monsieur Lange

Florelle

Valentine

Jules Berry

Batala

Marcel Lévesque

The Concierge

Odette Talazac

The Concierge's Wife

Crew:
Jacques Prévert

Adaptation

Jacques Prévert

Dialogue

André Halley des Fontaines

Producer

Marcel Blondeau

Art Direction

Jean Bachelet

Director of Photography