The Crime of Monsieur Lange
movie

Released January 24, 1936
Overview
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
as
Monsieur Lange

Florelle
as
Valentine

Jules Berry
as
Batala

Marcel Lévesque
as
Concierge

Odette Talazac
as
Concierge's Wife

Nadia Sibirskaïa
as
Estelle

Henri Guisol
as
Son Meunier

Maurice Baquet
as
Charles, concierges' son

Jacques Brunius
as
Mr. Baigneur
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Sylvain Itkine
as
Inspector Itkine / Batala's Cousin

Marcel Duhamel
as
Foreman

Sylvia Bataille
as
Edith
Crew
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Jacques Prévert
as
Dialogue
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Jacques Prévert
as
Adaptation
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André Halley des Fontaines
as
Producer

Roger Desormière
as
Conductor
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Jean Bachelet
as
Director of Photography
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Marcel Blondeau
as
Art Direction
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Jean Castanier
as
Story

Jean Wiener
as
Original Music Composer
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Joseph Kosma
as
Original Music Composer
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Marthe Huguet
as
Editor

Marguerite Renoir
as
Editor

Jean Renoir
as
Screenplay