Cecile Is Dead | |
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Directed by | Maurice Tourneur |
Written by | Jean-Paul Le Chanois Michel Duran |
Based on | Cecile Is Dead by Georges Simenon |
Starring | Albert Préjean Santa Relli Germaine Kerjean |
Cinematography | Pierre Montazel |
Edited by | Gérard Bensdorp |
Music by | Roger Dumas |
Production company | |
Distributed by | L'Alliance Cinématographique Européenne |
Release date | 8 March 1944 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Cecile Is Dead (French: Cécile est morte!) is a 1944 French crime film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Albert Préjean, Santa Relli and Germaine Kerjean. It is based on the 1942 novel of the same title by Georges Simenon featuring his detective Jules Maigret. [1]
The film's sets were designed by the art director Guy de Gastyne. The film was made by the German-controlled Continental Films.
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