Stain in the Snow
Stain in the Snow is a 1954 French crime film directed by Luis Saslavsky and starring Daniel Gélin, Valentine Tessier and Marie Mansart. 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. It attracted audiences of over two million at the French box office. The setting was shifted from Nazi-occupied France to a fictional country under German occupation during the Second World War.
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