Stain in the Snow

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Stain in the Snow
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Directed by Luis Saslavsky
Written byLuis Saslavsky
André Tabet
Based onLa neige était sale by Georges Simenon
Produced byFritz Bukofzer
Starring Daniel Gélin
Valentine Tessier
Marie Mansart
Cinematography André Bac
Edited by Isabelle Elman
Music by René Cloërec
Production
company
Les Films Tellus
Distributed byLes Films Marceau
Release date
19 February 1954
Running time
110 minutes
CountryFrance
Language French

Stain in the Snow (French: La neige était sale) is a 1954 French crime film directed by Luis Saslavsky and starring Daniel Gélin, Valentine Tessier and Marie Mansart. [1] It was shot at the Photosonor Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert. It is based on a 1948 novel of the same title by Georges Simenon. [2] It attracted audiences of over two million at the French box office. [3] The setting if shifted from Nazi-occupied France to a fictional country under German occupation during the Second World War. [4]

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Synopsis

Frank is brought up in a brothel by his prostitute mother. As he grows up he becomes increasingly criminal and violent.

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  1. Walker-Morrison p.241
  2. Goble p.605
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