We Are All Murderers
movie
Released May 21, 1952
Overview
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.
Cast
Marcel Mouloudji
as
René Le Guen
Raymond Pellegrin
as
Gino Bollini
Antoine Balpêtré
as
Dr. Albert Dutoit
Julien Verdier
as
Bauchet
Claude Laydu
as
Philippe Arnaud
Georges Poujouly
as
Michel Le Guen
Jacqueline Pierreux
as
Yvonne Le Guen (version française)
Lucien Nat
as
L'avocat général
Louis Arbessier
as
L'avocat du tribunal pour enfants
René Blancard
as
Albert Pichon
Léonce Corne
as
Le colonel instructeur
Henri Crémieux
as
L'avocat de Bauchet
Crew
André Cayatte
as
Director
André Cayatte
as
Scenario Writer
Charles Spaak
as
Writer
- no image
André Halley des Fontaines
as
Producer
- no image
Jean Bourgoin
as
Director of Photography
- no image
Paul Cayatte
as
Editor
- no image
Jacques Colombier
as
Production Design
- no image
Ferdinand Junker
as
Costume Design
- no image
Pierre Léaud
as
Assistant Director
- no image
François Carron
as
Production Manager
- no image
Georges Charlot
as
Unit Manager
- no image
Roger Descoffre
as
Unit Manager