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The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1936 · 80 mins · French
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- Directed by
- Jean Renoir
- Starring
- Jean Dasté, Paul Grimault, Claire Gérard, Odette Talazac, René Lefèvre, Marcel Lupovici
A man and a woman reach a café‑hotel on the Belgian border, where patrons immediately recognize the man as Amédée Lange, a wanted murderer from Paris. Lange had been a printer’s assistant under a ruthless boss who swindled and preyed on female staff. After fleeing his creditors, the workers form a cooperative to keep the press running. The story then explores what drove Lange to become a killer.
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