Stain in the Snow

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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 was shifted from Nazi-occupied France to a fictional country under German occupation during the Second World War.^[4]

Synopsis

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

Cast

• Daniel Gélin as Frank Friedmayer
• Valentine Tessier as Mme Irma
• Marie Mansart as Suzy Holtz
• Daniel Ivernel as Krommer
• Véra Norman as Moune
• Nadine Basile as Bertha
• Paul Faivre as Le concierge
• Joëlle Bernard as Une fille
• Camille Guérini as Le commissaire
• Claude Vernier as L'officier
• Jo Dest as Un Allemand
• Robert Moor as Le professeur
• Jean-Pierre Mocky as Le violoniste
• Antoine Balpêtré as Holtz
• Georges Tabet as Un Allemand

References

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
• Walker-Morrison, Deborah. Classic French Noir: Gender and the Cinema of Fatal Desire. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.

External links

• Stain in the Snow at IMDb