The Crime of Monsieur Lange
Cast & Crew
Jean Renoir
René Lefèvre
Florelle
Henri Guisol
Marcel Levesque
Odette Talazac
Film Details
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Synopsis
Amédée Lange, an aspiring novelist, works in a Parisian publishing house that specializes in pulp novels. Batala, Lange's cruel and exploitative boss, signs him to a contract for his "Arizona Jim" series of novels and cheats Lange out of his money. Batala then steals the company's funds, flees the city to escape his creditors, and is later reported dead in a train wreck. Lange, the rest of the employees, and the chief creditor form a cooperative business and achieve great success with Lange's western novels. Happy now, the workers in the publishing house fall in love with those in the neighboring laundry, among them Lange and Valentine and Estelle and the concierge's son. Just as everything is going well, Batala comes back disguised as a priest; he had survived the train wreck and exchanged clothes with one of the victims, a priest. He wants to hold Lange to the old contracts and take advantage of the firm's new wealth. Lange realizes the only way to stop such an evil man is to kill him. This done, he and Valentine escape to the frontier, where in a cafe he tells his story to some workers who recognize them. The workers are happy to help them escape.
Director
Jean Renoir
Cast
René Lefèvre
Florelle
Henri Guisol
Marcel Levesque
Odette Talazac
Maurice Baquet
Nadia Sibirskaia
Jules Berry
Sylvia Bataille
Marcel Duhamel
Guy Decomble
Jean Dasté
Paul Grimault
Jacques Brunius
Sylvain Itkine
Edmond Beauchamp
René Génin
Paul Demange
Claire Gérard
Henri Saint-isles
Max Morise
Fabien Loris
Yves Deniaud
Pierre Huchet
Marcel Lupovici
Jean Brémaud
Janine Loris
Charbonnier
Crew
Jean Bachelet
Roger Blin
L. Bogé
Jean Castanier
Jean Castanier
Jean Castanier
Georges Darnoux
Robert Gys
André Halley Des Fontaines
Joseph Kosma
Dora Maar
Moreau
Jacques Prévert
Jacques Prévert
Pierre Prévert
Jean Renoir
Marguerite Renoir
Robert Teisseire
Jean Wiener
Film Details
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Notes
Location scenes filmed in Paris and Tréport. Opened in Paris in January 1936 as Le crime de Monsieur Lange; running time: 84 min. Also known in France as Le crime de M. Lange. Working title: Sur la cour.
