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Stain on the Snow

Stain on the Snow

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 19, 1954

Runtime

1h 50m

Genres

Mystery, Drama, Crime

User Score

54%

Original Title

La neige était sale

Production Companies

Les Films Tellus

Director

Luis Saslavsky

Description

La neige était sale is based on a novel and play by the phenomenally prolific Georges Simenon. Upon learning that his mother was a prostitute, Frank (Daniel Gelin) dejectedly vows that he, too, will live a life of debauchery. Part of his self-degradation program is to kill someone, and since the story takes place during the Nazi occupation of France, he chooses a German officer as his victim. His steady descent into psychosis and depravity becomes his ultimate undoing.