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Stain in the Snow
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Wikipedia article
'Stain in the Snow' (French: 'La neige tait sale') is a 1954 French crime film directed by Luis Saslavsky and starring Daniel Glin, Valentine Tessier and Marie Mansart.Walker-Morrison p.241 It was shot at the Photosonor Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ren Moulaert. It is based on a 1948 novel of the same title by Georges Simenon.Goble p.605 It attracted audiences of over two million at the French box office.Walker-Morrison p.224 The setting if shifted from Nazi-occupied France to a fictional country under German occupation during the Second World War.Walker-Morrison p.241
Synopsis
Frank is brought up in a brothel by his prostitute mother. As he grows up he becomes increasingly criminal and violent.
Cast
* Daniel Glin as Frank Friedmayer
* Valentine Tessier as Mme Irma
* Marie Mansart as Suzy Holtz
* Daniel Ivernel as Krommer
* Vra Norman as Moune
* Nadine Basile as Bertha
* Paul Faivre as Le concierge
* Jolle Bernard as Une fille
* Camille Gurini as Le commissaire
* Claude Vernier as L'officier
* Jo Dest as Un Allemand
* Robert Moor as Le professeur
* Jean-Pierre Mocky as Le violoniste
* Antoine Balptr as Holtz
* Georges Tabet as Un Allemand
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. 'The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film'. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
*Walker-Morrison, Deborah. 'Classic French Noir: Gender and the Cinema of Fatal Desire'. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.
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