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"La neige était sale" is based on a novel and play by the phenomenally prolific Georges Simenon. Upon learning that his mother was a prostitute, Frank (Daniel Gélin) dejectedly vows that he, too, will live a life of debauchery. Part of his self-degradation program is to kill someone, and since the story takes place during the Nazi occupation of France, he chooses a German officer as his victim. His steady descent into psychosis and depravity becomes his ultimate undoing.Read moreLess
"La neige était sale" is based on a novel and play by the phenomenally prolific Georges Simenon. Upon learning that his mother was a prostitute, Frank (Daniel Gélin) dejectedly vows that he, too, will live a life of debauchery. Part of his self-degradation program is to kill someone, and since the story takes place during the Nazi occupation of France, he chooses a German officer as his victim. His steady descent into psychosis and depravity becomes his ultimate undoing.
The story
"La neige était sale" is based on a novel and play by the phenomenally prolific Georges Simenon. Upon learning that his mother was a prostitute, Frank (Daniel Gélin) dejectedly vows that he, too, will live a life of debauchery. Part of his self-degradation program is to kill someone, and since the story takes place during the Nazi occupation of France, he chooses a German officer as his victim. His steady descent into psychosis and depravity becomes his ultimate undoing.
Cast & crew
Daniel GélinFrank Friedmayer
Daniel IvernelKrommer
Marie MansartSuzy Holtz
Véra NormanMoune
Nadine BasileBertha
Paul FaivreCaretaker
Joëlle BernardGirl
Camille GuériniCommissioner
Claude VernierOfficer
Jo DestGerman
Pierre DuncanCastExplore the crew
- Screenplay
- Luis Saslavsky
- Screenplay
- André Tabet
- Producer
- Fritz Bukofzer
- Editor
- Isabelle Elman
- Director of Photography
- André Bac
- Director
- Luis Saslavsky