Summaries

The problem of the reasonableness of capital punishment.

Rene is not a bright guy. He was taught to kill by the Resistance. But the WW2 is over and he keeps on killing. He is condemned to death. In jail, expecting the presidential pardon, he mets other condemned men. An anti-capital punishment drama, written and directed by a former lawyer.—Yepok

In World War II, the illiterate, starving and alcoholic twenty years old René Le Guen fights to survive and lives with his dysfunctional family in a slum. The French Resistance invites and teaches him to kill Germans and traitors. When the war ends, he continues to kill and is arrested, judged and sentenced to death in the guillotine. While in prison waiting for a possible presidential pardon claimed by his lawyer, he meets other prisoners also waiting for the dishonored death.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Details

Keywords
  • world war two
  • brother brother relationship
  • barrel organ
  • drinking wine
  • child drinking alcohol
Genres
  • Crime
  • Drama
Release date May 20, 1952
Countries of origin Italy France
Language French
Filming locations Studios de Boulogne, Avenue Jean-Baptiste Clément, Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Production companies Jolly Film Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC) Labor Films

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 55m
Color Black and White
Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1

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