We Are All Murderers (1952)
1h 57m
Running Time
May 21, 1952Release Date
We Are All Murderers (1952)
1h 57m
Running Time
May 21, 1952Release Date
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Marcel Mouloudji
René Le Guen
Raymond Pellegrin
Gino Bollini
Antoine Balpêtré
Dr. Albert Dutoit
Julien Verdier
Bauchet
Claude Laydu
Philippe Arnaud
Georges Poujouly
Michel Le Guen
Jacqueline Pierreux
Yvonne Le Guen (version française)
Lucien Nat
L'avocat général
Louis Arbessier
L'avocat du tribunal pour enfants
Léonce Corne
Le colonel instructeur
René Blancard
Albert Pichon
André Cayatte
Director
Henri Crémieux
L'avocat de Bauchet
Jean Daurand
Girard, l'homme dans la cabine téléphonique
Charles Spaak
Writer
Yvonne de Bray
La chiffonnière
Guy Decomble
Un inspecteur
Raymond Legrand
Composer
Monette Dinay
La femme de Charles
Jean Bourgoin
Cinematographer
Yvette Etiévant
L'épouse de Bauchet
Paul Cayatte
Editor
Juliette Faber
Francine Saulnier
Jacques Colombier
ProductionDesigner
Paul Faivre
Biribi
Anouk Ferjac
Agnès
Paul Frankeur
Léon
Renée Gardès
La mère Le Guen
Jérôme Goulven
Noblet
Jean-Pierre Grenier
Docteur Detouche (version française)
Elisabeth Hardy
La mère de la petite fille
François Joux
Saulnier
Alinda Kristensen
La femme suédoise
Charles Lemontier
Le procureur
Roland Lesaffre
Le détenu-coiffeur
Liliane Maigné
Rachel
Daniel Mendaille
Un gardien
Eliane Monceau
L'amie de Dutoit
Jacques Morel
Charles
Jean-Paul Moulinot
Le directeur de la Santé
Amedeo Nazzari
Docteur Detouche (version italienne)
Line Noro
Madame Arnaud
Marcel Pérès
Malingré
André Reybaz
Le père Simon
Alexandre Rignault
Le gendarme
Yvonne Sanson
Yvonne Le Guen (version italienne)
Louis Seigner
L'abbé Roussard
Solange Sicard
La mère d'Agnès
Sylvie
Laetitia Bollini
Georges Tabet
Le pianiste
Jean-Marc Tennberg
Fredo
André Valmy
P'tit Louis
François Vibert
Maître Mousset
Henri Vilbert
Mr. Arnaud
Edmond Ardisson
Un garde (uncredited)
Doudou Babet
Un taulard (uncredited)
Frédéric Bard
Un taulard (uncredited)
Paul Barge
Le chauffeur (uncredited)
René Berthier
Un monsieur (uncredited)
Charles Bouillaud
L'agent (uncredited)
Georges Charlot
Unit Manager
Robert Guisgand
Assistant Production Design
Antoine Petitjean
Sound Engineer
Nicolas Wilcke
Special Effects
Paul Rodier
Assistant Camera
André Halley des Fontaines
Producer
Albert Volper
Unit Manager
Nicole Colombier
Assistant Editor
François Carron
Production Manager
Louis Stein
Camera Operator
Alfred Marpaux
Assistant Production Design
Gaston Ancessi
Sound Assistant
Auboiroux
Sound Assistant
Ferdinand Junker
Costume Design
Pierre Léaud
Assistant Director
Roger Descoffre
Unit Manager
R. Durin
Special Effects
René Castel
Assistant Camera
Sacha Mazour
Still Photographer
Simone Chevaudra
Script
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 21, 1952
Original NameNous sommes tous des assassins
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 57m
Genres
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Wiki.
We Are All Murderers (French: Nous sommes tous des assassins, also known as Are We All Murderers?) is a 1952 French film written and directed by André Cayatte, a former attorney. It tells the story of René, a young man from the slums, trained by the French Resistance in World War II to kill Germans. He continues to kill long after the war has ended, as it is all he knows.
It was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival and won the Special Jury Prize.