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Directed by | Pierre Chenal |
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Produced by | Arnold Pressburger |
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Music by | Georges Auric |
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Distributed by | Mondial Films |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
The Lafarge Case (French: L'Affaire Lafarge) is a 1938 French historical crime drama film directed by Pierre Chenal and starring Pierre Renoir, Marcelle Chantal and Raymond Rouleau.[1] It recalls a famous nineteenth century case, and is mostly portrayed in flashback.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Gys and Eugène Lourié.
In the 1840s Marie a young woman from Paris is married to Charles, a brutal, unpleasant ironmaster in provincial France. When he dies under mysterious circumstances she is accused of murdering him by his family and is put on trial.