We Are All Murderers
Crime | Drama
Release Date
May 21, 1952
Duration
117 min
Status
Released
Language
fr
Overview
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.
Casts
René Le Guen
Marcel Mouloudji
Gino Bollini
Raymond Pellegrin
Dr. Albert Dutoit
Antoine Balpêtré
Bauchet
Julien Verdier
Philippe Arnaud
Claude Laydu
Michel Le Guen
Georges Poujouly
Yvonne Le Guen (version française)
Jacqueline Pierreux
L'avocat général
Lucien Nat
L'avocat du tribunal pour enfants
Louis Arbessier
Albert Pichon
René Blancard
Le colonel instructeur
Léonce Corne
L'avocat de Bauchet
Henri Crémieux
Girard, l'homme dans la cabine téléphonique
Jean Daurand
La chiffonnière
Yvonne de Bray
Un inspecteur
Guy Decomble
La femme de Charles
Monette Dinay
L'épouse de Bauchet
Yvette Etiévant
Francine Saulnier
Juliette Faber
Biribi
Paul Faivre
Agnès
Anouk Ferjac
Léon
Paul Frankeur
La mère Le Guen
Renée Gardès
Noblet
Jérôme Goulven
Docteur Detouche (version française)
Jean-Pierre Grenier
La mère de la petite fille
Elisabeth Hardy
Saulnier
François Joux
La femme suédoise
Alinda Kristensen
Benoîte Labb
Le procureur
Charles Lemontier
Le détenu-coiffeur
Roland Lesaffre
Rachel
Liliane Maigné
Un gardien
Daniel Mendaille
L'amie de Dutoit
Eliane Monceau
Charles
Jacques Morel
Le directeur de la Santé
Jean-Paul Moulinot
Docteur Detouche (version italienne)
Amedeo Nazzari
Madame Arnaud
Line Noro
Malingré
Marcel Pérès
Le père Simon
André Reybaz
Le gendarme
Alexandre Rignault
Yvonne Le Guen (version italienne)
Yvonne Sanson
L'abbé Roussard
Louis Seigner
La mère d'Agnès
Solange Sicard
Laetitia Bollini
Sylvie
Le pianiste
Georges Tabet
Fredo
Jean-Marc Tennberg
P'tit Louis
André Valmy
Maître Mousset
François Vibert
Mr. Arnaud
Henri Vilbert
Un garde (uncredited)
Edmond Ardisson
Un taulard (uncredited)
Doudou Babet
Un taulard (uncredited)
Frédéric Bard
Le chauffeur (uncredited)
Paul Barge
Un monsieur (uncredited)
René Berthier
L'agent (uncredited)
Charles Bouillaud
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