Directed by:
Claude ChabrolScreenplay:
Claude ChabrolCinematography:
Jean RabierCast:
Jacques Charrier, Walther Reyer, Stéphane Audran, Claude Chabrol, Daniel Boulanger, André BadinPlots(1)
In this French drama, a struggling writer is taken in by a successful author and his wife who allow him to use their Bavarian chateau so he can write his stories about Germany. The young writer is a bitter man, jealous of the couple's happiness. He decides he will destroy it, so when the older writer goes off on a business trip, the young man tries to seduce his wife. She rejects him. The conniving young man then learns that she has a lover. He ends up taking a picture of the couple illicitly holding hands. The older man returns and the younger one confronts him with the damning photos. The husband flies into a jealous rage and stabs his wife; he then calls the cops. The young writer suddenly feels great guilt, but despite his attempts to publicly take responsibility for the crime, no one listens, no one cares. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Jacques Charrier
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Walther Reyer
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Claude Chabrol
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Daniel Boulanger
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André Badin
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