Cecile Is Dead

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Cecile Is Dead
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Directed by Maurice Tourneur
Written by Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Michel Duran
Based onCecile 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 byL'Alliance Cinématographique Européenne
Release date
  • 8 March 1944 (1944-03-08)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryFrance
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]

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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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References

  1. Waldman 2001, p. 137.

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