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Developed by Osama Mohamed

1952

Crime

Drama

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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Released

Country : FR

Original language : fr

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| Movie Cast

Marcel Mouloudji

Marcel Mouloudji

René Le Guen

Raymond Pellegrin

Raymond Pellegrin

Gino Bollini

Antoine Balpêtré

Antoine Balpêtré

Dr. Albert Dutoit

Julien Verdier

Julien Verdier

Bauchet

Claude Laydu

Claude Laydu

Philippe Arnaud

Georges Poujouly

Georges Poujouly

Michel Le Guen

Jacqueline Pierreux

Jacqueline Pierreux

Yvonne Le Guen (version française)

Lucien Nat

Lucien Nat

L'avocat général

Louis Arbessier

Louis Arbessier

L'avocat du tribunal pour enfants

René Blancard

René Blancard

Albert Pichon

Léonce Corne

Léonce Corne

Le colonel instructeur

Henri Crémieux

Henri Crémieux

L'avocat de Bauchet

Jean Daurand

Jean Daurand

Girard, l'homme dans la cabine téléphonique

Yvonne de Bray

Yvonne de Bray

La chiffonnière

Guy Decomble

Guy Decomble

Un inspecteur

Monette Dinay

Monette Dinay

La femme de Charles

Yvette Etiévant

Yvette Etiévant

L'épouse de Bauchet

Juliette Faber

Juliette Faber

Francine Saulnier

Paul Faivre

Paul Faivre

Biribi

Anouk Ferjac

Anouk Ferjac

Agnès

Paul Frankeur

Paul Frankeur

Léon

Renée Gardès

Renée Gardès

La mère Le Guen

Jérôme Goulven

Jérôme Goulven

Noblet

Elisabeth Hardy

Elisabeth Hardy

La mère de la petite fille

François Joux

François Joux

Saulnier

Charles Lemontier

Charles Lemontier

Le procureur

Roland Lesaffre

Roland Lesaffre

Le détenu-coiffeur

Daniel Mendaille

Daniel Mendaille

Un gardien

Jacques Morel

Jacques Morel

Charles

Jean-Paul Moulinot

Jean-Paul Moulinot

Le directeur de la Santé

Amedeo Nazzari

Amedeo Nazzari

Docteur Detouche (version italienne)

Line Noro

Line Noro

Madame Arnaud

Marcel Pérès

Marcel Pérès

Malingré

André Reybaz

André Reybaz

Le père Simon

Alexandre Rignault

Alexandre Rignault

Le gendarme

Yvonne Sanson

Yvonne Sanson

Yvonne Le Guen (version italienne)

Louis Seigner

Louis Seigner

L'abbé Roussard

Solange Sicard

Solange Sicard

La mère d'Agnès

Sylvie

Sylvie

Laetitia Bollini

Georges Tabet

Georges Tabet

Le pianiste

Jean-Marc Tennberg

Jean-Marc Tennberg

Fredo

André Valmy

André Valmy

P'tit Louis

François Vibert

François Vibert

Maître Mousset

Henri Vilbert

Henri Vilbert

Mr. Arnaud

Edmond Ardisson

Edmond Ardisson

Un garde (uncredited)

René Berthier

René Berthier

Un monsieur (uncredited)

Charles Bouillaud

Charles Bouillaud

L'agent (uncredited)

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