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The Crime of Monsieur Lange

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?

1936 |1h 20m |  Drama, Crime, Comedy

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Cast

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René Lefèvre

Monsieur Lange

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Florelle

Valentine

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Jules Berry

Batala

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Marcel Lévesque

The Concierge

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Odette Talazac

The Concierge's Wife

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Nadia Sibirskaïa

Estelle

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Henri Guisol

The Son, Meunier

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Maurice Baquet

Charles, the Concierges' Son

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Jacques Brunius

M. Baigneur

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Sylvia Bataille

Edith

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Jean Dasté

The Model Maker

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Pierre Huchet

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René Génin

A Client at the Auberge

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Edmond Beauchamp

Priest in the Train (uncredited)

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Guy Decomble

Typesetter (uncredited)

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Paul Demange

Creditor (uncredited)

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Yves Deniaud

(uncredited)

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Claire Gérard

Prostitute (uncredited)

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Marcel Lupovici

(uncredited)

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Status

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Language

French

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