Dirty Hands

Dirty Hands

103 mins | Drama | Jan. 1, 1951

A young intellectual, Hugo, joins the Communist Party out of a sense of idealism, only to see his principles manipulated by party leaders. He is given the assignment of killing Professor Hoederer, a party deviationist. However, he grows to admire the man and begins to have doubts about morals and revolutionary politics. But jealousy - Hugo thinks Hoederer has made love to his wife, Jessica - takes matters out of the political realm.

Dirty Hands

103 mins | Drama | Jan. 1, 1951

Dirty Hands
A young intellectual, Hugo, joins the Communist Party out of a sense of idealism, only to see his principles manipulated by party leaders. He is given the assignment of killing Professor Hoederer, a party deviationist. However, he grows to admire the man and begins to have doubts about morals and revolutionary politics. But jealousy - Hugo thinks Hoederer has made love to his wife, Jessica - takes matters out of the political realm.
Producers Eden Productions Inc.
Original title Les Mains sales
Directors Fernand Rivers
Writers Jean-Paul Sartre

Cast

Pierre Brasseur

as Hoederer

Daniel Gélin

as Hugo

Claude Nollier

as Olga

Jacques Castelot

as le prince

Georges Chamarat

as Banine

Monique Arthur

as Jessica Barine

Marcel André

as Karski

Roland Bailly

as Slick

Eddy Rasimi

as Georges

Robert le Béal

as Louis

Henri San Juan

as Léon

Alfred Argus

as Guillaume

Gérard Buhr

as Presder

Christian Marquand

as Dimitri

Alfred Goulin

as Laurent

Gregori Chmara

as (uncredited)

Emile Seylis

as Le greffier (uncredited)