Le Crime de Monsieur Lange (1936)

Title: The Crime of Monsieur Lange
Original Title: Le Crime de Monsieur Lange
Release Date: 1936-01-24
Status: Released
Rating: 7.035/10 (from 86 votes)
Language: FR
Genres: Drama, Crime, Comedy
Production Companies: Films Obéron
A man and a woman arrive in a cafe-hotel near the Belgian frontier. The customers recognize the man from the police's description: his name is Amedee Lange, and he murdered somebody in Paris. Lange was an employee in a printing works. His boss was a real bastard, swindling every one, seducing female workers... One day he fled to avoid facing his creditors, and the workers set up a cooperative to go on working. What then made Lange a killer?
Cast

René Lefèvre
Monsieur Lange

Florelle
Valentine

Jules Berry
Batala

Marcel Lévesque
Concierge

Odette Talazac
Concierge's Wife

Nadia Sibirskaïa
Estelle

Henri Guisol
Son Meunier

Maurice Baquet
Charles, concierges' son

Jacques Brunius
Mr. Baigneur

Sylvain Itkine
Inspector Itkine / Batala's Cousin