1954 film
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
References
- ^ Walker-Morrison p.241
- ^ Goble p.605
- ^ Walker-Morrison p.224
- ^ Walker-Morrison p.241
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.
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