We Are All Murderers
21/05/1952
2h

Originally titled Nous Sommes Tout des Assassins, We Are All Murderers was directed by Andre Cayette, a former lawyer who detested France's execution system. Charles Spaak's screenplay makes no attempt to launder the four principal characters (Marcel Mouloudji, Raymond Pellegrin, Antoinine Balpetre, Julien Verdeir): never mind the motivations, these are all hardened murderers. Still, the film condemns the sadistic ritual through which these four men are brought to the guillotine. In France, the policy is to never tell the condemned man when the execution will occur--and then to show up without warning and drag the victim kicking and screaming to his doom, without any opportunity to make peace with himself or his Maker. By the end of this harrowing film, the audience feels as dehumanized as the four "protagonists." We Are All Murderers was roundly roasted by the French law enforcement establishment, but it won a special jury prize at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.
Cast


Marcel Mouloudji
René Le Guen


Raymond Pellegrin
Gino Bollini


Antoine Balpêtré
Dr. Albert Dutoit


Julien Verdier
Bauchet


Claude Laydu
Philippe Arnaud


Georges Poujouly
Michel Le Guen


Jacqueline Pierreux
Yvonne Le Guen (version française)


Lucien Nat
L'avocat général


Louis Arbessier
L'avocat du tribunal pour enfants


René Blancard
Albert Pichon


Léonce Corne
Le colonel instructeur


Henri Crémieux
L'avocat de Bauchet


Jean Daurand
Girard, l'homme dans la cabine téléphonique


Yvonne de Bray
La chiffonnière


Guy Decomble
Un inspecteur


Monette Dinay
La femme de Charles


Yvette Etiévant
L'épouse de Bauchet


Juliette Faber
Francine Saulnier


Paul Faivre
Biribi


Anouk Ferjac
Agnès


Paul Frankeur
Léon


Renée Gardès
La mère Le Guen


Jérôme Goulven
Noblet
Jean-Pierre Grenier
Docteur Detouche (version française)


Elisabeth Hardy
La mère de la petite fille


François Joux
Saulnier
Alinda Kristensen
La femme suédoise
Benoîte Labb


Charles Lemontier
Le procureur


Roland Lesaffre
Le détenu-coiffeur
Liliane Maigné
Rachel


Daniel Mendaille
Un gardien
Eliane Monceau
L'amie de Dutoit


Jacques Morel
Charles


Jean-Paul Moulinot
Le directeur de la Santé


Amedeo Nazzari
Docteur Detouche (version italienne)


Line Noro
Madame Arnaud


Marcel Pérès
Malingré


André Reybaz
Le père Simon


Alexandre Rignault
Le gendarme


Yvonne Sanson
Yvonne Le Guen (version italienne)


Louis Seigner
L'abbé Roussard


Solange Sicard
La mère d'Agnès


Sylvie
Laetitia Bollini


Georges Tabet
Le pianiste


Jean-Marc Tennberg
Fredo


André Valmy
P'tit Louis


François Vibert
Maître Mousset


Henri Vilbert
Mr. Arnaud


Edmond Ardisson
Un garde (uncredited)
Doudou Babet
Un taulard (uncredited)
Frédéric Bard
Un taulard (uncredited)
Paul Barge
Le chauffeur (uncredited)


René Berthier
Un monsieur (uncredited)


Charles Bouillaud
L'agent (uncredited)
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