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Originally titled Nous Sommes Tout des Assassins, We Are All Murderers was directed by Andre Cayette, a former lawyer who detested France's execution system. Charles Spaak's screenplay makes no attempt to launder the four principal characters (Marcel Mouloudji, Raymond Pellegrin, Antoinine Balpetre, Julien Verdeir): never mind the motivations, these are all hardened murderers. Still, the film condemns the sadistic ritual through which these four men are brought to the guillotine. In France, the policy is to never tell the condemned man when the execution will occur--and then to show up without warning and drag the victim kicking and screaming to his doom, without any opportunity to make peace with himself or his Maker. By the end of this harrowing film, the audience feels as dehumanized as the four "protagonists." We Are All Murderers was roundly roasted by the French law enforcement establishment, but it won a special jury prize at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.
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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 1952-05-21
- video_camera_front Companies Jolly Film, UGC Films, Labor Film
- timer Runtime: 117 Mins
- star Rating: 6.7 / 10
- favorite Likes: 21 Likes
- info IMDB ID tt0044977
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Marcel Mouloudji
René Le Guen

Raymond Pellegrin
Gino Bollini

Antoine Balpêtré
Dr. Albert Dutoit

Julien Verdier
Bauchet

Claude Laydu
Philippe Arnaud

Georges Poujouly
Michel Le Guen

Jacqueline Pierreux
Yvonne Le Guen (version française)

Lucien Nat
L'avocat général

Louis Arbessier
L'avocat du tribunal pour enfants

René Blancard
Albert Pichon

Léonce Corne
Le colonel instructeur

Henri Crémieux
L'avocat de Bauchet

Jean Daurand
Girard, l'homme dans la cabine téléphonique

Yvonne de Bray
La chiffonnière

Guy Decomble
Un inspecteur

Monette Dinay
La femme de Charles

Yvette Etiévant
L'épouse de Bauchet

Juliette Faber
Francine Saulnier

Paul Faivre
Biribi

Anouk Ferjac
Agnès

Paul Frankeur
Léon

Renée Gardès
La mère Le Guen

Jérôme Goulven
Noblet

Jean-Pierre Grenier
Docteur Detouche (version française)

Elisabeth Hardy
La mère de la petite fille

François Joux
Saulnier

Alinda Kristensen
La femme suédoise

Benoîte Labb

Charles Lemontier
Le procureur

Roland Lesaffre
Le détenu-coiffeur

Liliane Maigné
Rachel

Daniel Mendaille
Un gardien

Eliane Monceau
L'amie de Dutoit

Jacques Morel
Charles

Jean-Paul Moulinot
Le directeur de la Santé

Amedeo Nazzari
Docteur Detouche (version italienne)

Line Noro
Madame Arnaud

Marcel Pérès
Malingré

André Reybaz
Le père Simon

Alexandre Rignault
Le gendarme

Yvonne Sanson
Yvonne Le Guen (version italienne)

Louis Seigner
L'abbé Roussard

Solange Sicard
La mère d'Agnès

Sylvie
Laetitia Bollini

Georges Tabet
Le pianiste

Jean-Marc Tennberg
Fredo

André Valmy
P'tit Louis

François Vibert
Maître Mousset

Henri Vilbert
Mr. Arnaud

Edmond Ardisson
Un garde (uncredited)

Doudou Babet
Un taulard (uncredited)

Frédéric Bard
Un taulard (uncredited)

Paul Barge
Le chauffeur (uncredited)

René Berthier
Un monsieur (uncredited)

Charles Bouillaud
L'agent (uncredited)
groups Crew

André Cayatte
Director

André Cayatte
Scenario Writer

Charles Spaak
Writer

André Halley des Fontaines
Producer

Raymond Legrand
Music

Jean Bourgoin
Director of Photography

Paul Cayatte
Editor

Jacques Colombier
Production Design

Ferdinand Junker
Costume Design

Pierre Léaud
Assistant Director

François Carron
Production Manager

Georges Charlot
Unit Manager

Roger Descoffre
Unit Manager

Albert Volper
Unit Manager

Robert Guisgand
Assistant Production Design

Alfred Marpaux
Assistant Production Design

Gaston Ancessi
Sound Assistant

Antoine Petitjean
Sound Engineer

Auboiroux
Sound Assistant

Nicolas Wilcke
Special Effects

R. Durin
Special Effects

René Castel
Assistant Camera

Sacha Mazour
Still Photographer

Paul Rodier
Assistant Camera

Louis Stein
Camera Operator

Nicole Colombier
Assistant Editor

Simone Chevaudra
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