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A religious fanatic finds his entire life and philosophy turned upside-down as he falls in love with a girl and kills her in a jealous rage. His search is for peace of mind and a desire to justify the murder of the girl to himself. His mind becomes distraught as he gropes trying to rationalize his deed and his world falls apart around him. A police inspector patiently and tirelessly stays on Barrault's trail, without putting him under arrest, though convinced he is the murderer, and waiting for the moment when he feels Barrault will break under the strain of his own religious fanaticism.Read moreLess
A religious fanatic finds his entire life and philosophy turned upside-down as he falls in love with a girl and kills her in a jealous rage. His search is for peace of mind and a desire to justify the murder of the girl to himself. His mind becomes distraught as he gropes trying to rationalize his deed and his world falls apart around him. A police inspector patiently and tirelessly stays on Barrault's trail, without putting him under arrest, though convinced he is the murderer, and waiting for the moment when he feels Barrault will break under the strain of his own religious fanaticism.
The story
A religious fanatic finds his entire life and philosophy turned upside-down as he falls in love with a girl and kills her in a jealous rage. His search is for peace of mind and a desire to justify the murder of the girl to himself. His mind becomes distraught as he gropes trying to rationalize his deed and his world falls apart around him. A police inspector patiently and tirelessly stays on Barrault's trail, without putting him under arrest, though convinced he is the murderer, and waiting for the moment when he feels Barrault will break under the strain of his own religious fanaticism.
Cast & crew
Pierre FresnayLe commissaire Lavan
Jean-Louis BarraultFrancis Ferriter
Viviane RomanceMolly
Louis-Jacques BoucotMonsieur Kelly
Mady BerryMadame Kelly
Alexandre RignaultLe docteur O'Leary
Ludmilla PitoëffLa tante de Thérésa
Georges FlamantCallaghan
Pedro ElviroUn agent de la Sûreté
Jean TissierCastExplore the crew
- Writer
- Louis Postif
- Writer
- Jeff Musso
- Director
- Jeff Musso
- Editor
- Émilienne Nelissen
- Writer
- Liam O'Flaherty
- Writer
- Jeannine Delpech
- Producer
- Jeff Musso
- Director of Photography
- Curt Courant
- Director of Photography
- Charles Bauer