Stain on the Snow (1954)
1h 50m
Running Time
February 19, 1954Release Date
Stain on the Snow (1954)
1h 50m
Running Time
February 19, 1954Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Daniel Gélin
Frank Friedmayer
Daniel Ivernel
Krommer
Marie Mansart
Suzy Holtz
Nadine Basile
Bertha
Véra Norman
Moune
Paul Faivre
Caretaker
Luis Saslavsky
Director
Joëlle Bernard
Girl
Georges Simenon
Writer
André Tabet
Writer
Camille Guérini
Commissioner
Fritz Bukofzer
Producer
Claude Vernier
Officer
René Cloërec
Composer
Jo Dest
German
André Bac
Cinematographer
Robert Moor
Professor
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Violinist
Antoine Balpêtré
Holtz
Valentine Tessier
Mrs. Irma
Micheline Gary
(uncredited)
Georges Tabet
German (uncredited)
Frédéric Valmain
(uncredited)
Andrée Tainsy
(uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 19, 1954
Original NameLa neige était sale
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 50m
Genres
Wiki.
Stain in the Snow (French: La neige était sale) is a 1954 French crime film directed by Luis Saslavsky and starring Daniel Gélin, Valentine Tessier and Marie Mansart. It was shot at the Photosonor Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert. It is based on a 1948 novel of the same title by Georges Simenon. It attracted audiences of over two million at the French box office. The setting if shifted from Nazi-occupied France to a fictional country under German occupation during the Second World War.