Stain on the Snow

Stain on the Snow

110 mins | Drama, Crime, Mystery | Feb. 19, 1954

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.

Stain on the Snow

110 mins | Drama, Crime, Mystery | Feb. 19, 1954

Stain on the Snow
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.
Producers Les films Tellus
Original title La neige était sale
Directors Luis Saslavsky
Writers Luis Saslavsky, André Tabet, Georges Simenon

Cast

Daniel Gélin

as Frank Friedmayer

Daniel Ivernel

as Krommer

Marie Mansart

as Suzy Holtz

Véra Norman

as Moune

Nadine Basile

as Bertha

Paul Faivre

as Caretaker

Joëlle Bernard

as Girl

Camille Guérini

as Commissioner

Claude Vernier

as Officer

Jo Dest

as German

Robert Moor

as Professor

Jean-Pierre Mocky

as Violinist

Valentine Tessier

as Mrs. Irma

Micheline Gary

as (uncredited)

Georges Tabet

as German (uncredited)

Frédéric Valmain

as (uncredited)

Andrée Tainsy

as (uncredited)

Hans Verner

as (uncredited)