Stain on the Snow
Mystery | Drama
Release Date
February 19, 1954
Duration
110 min
Status
Released
Language
fr
Overview
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 Gelin) 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.
Casts
Frank Friedmayer
Daniel Gélin
Krommer
Daniel Ivernel
Suzy Holtz
Marie Mansart
Moune
Véra Norman
Bertha
Nadine Basile
Caretaker
Paul Faivre
Girl
Joëlle Bernard
Commissioner
Camille Guérini
Denyse Réal
Officer
Claude Vernier
German
Jo Dest
Pierre Duncan
Henri San Juan
Professor
Robert Moor
Violinist
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Jimmy Urbain
Holtz
Antoine Balpêtré
Mrs. Irma
Valentine Tessier
(uncredited)
Micheline Gary
German (uncredited)
Georges Tabet
(uncredited)
Frédéric Valmain
(uncredited)
Andrée Tainsy
(uncredited)
Hans Verner