The Lost Village

The Lost Village

95 mins | Drama | Nov. 26, 1947

In the peaceful alpine village of Granges-de-Mortes, a tragedy has just taken place: Gustave Boeuf, the local Casanova, has mysteriously died at the foot of a wayside cross. Shortly afterwards, a peasant, who is suspected of having murdered him, hangs himself from a branch of the calvary. But was he the real culprit? Angélique Barrodet, an old maid , who had been Gustave's fiancée before he abandoned her on the very day of their wedding, leads the investigation in her own way.

The Lost Village

95 mins | Drama | Nov. 26, 1947

The Lost Village
In the peaceful alpine village of Granges-de-Mortes, a tragedy has just taken place: Gustave Boeuf, the local Casanova, has mysteriously died at the foot of a wayside cross. Shortly afterwards, a peasant, who is suspected of having murdered him, hangs himself from a branch of the calvary. But was he the real culprit? Angélique Barrodet, an old maid , who had been Gustave's fiancée before he abandoned her on the very day of their wedding, leads the investigation in her own way.
Producers Agence Générale Cinématographique
Original title Le village perdu
Directors Christian Stengel
Writers Gilbert Dupé, André-Paul Antoine

Cast

Gaby Morlay

as Angélique Barrodet

Alfred Adam

as Gustave Boeuf

Noël Roquevert

as Le père Landrin

Line Noro

as Amélina Landrin

René Génin

as Toubredin