Bernard Blier
Louis Jouvet
Simone Renant
Daniel Auteuil	Léo Vrinks
Gérard Depardieu	Denis Klein
André Dussollier	Robert Mancini
Roschdy Zem	Hugo Silien
Valeria Golino	Camille Vrinks
Daniel Duval	Eddy Valence
Francis Renaud	Titi Brasseur
Catherine Marchal	Ève Verhagen
Guy Lecluyse	Groluc
Alain Figlarz	Francis Horn

Regisseur	Henri-Georges Clouzot Olivier Marchal
Produzent	Franck Chorot
Autor	Dominique Loiseau Frank Mancuso

Though dressed in the guise of a murder mystery, Quai des Orfèvres is a rich, engrossing character study in which murder plays a secondary role. Six years before the triumph of The Wages of Fear, director Henri-Georges Clouzot couldn't find a copy of his source novel (Légitime Defense, by Stanislas-André Steeman), so he crafted this stylish police procedural from spotty memory, infuriating the author while freeing himself to explore the depths of his all-too-human characters. Using atmospheric Parisian locations and shadowy compositions that rival anything in American film noir, Clouzot gives plausible alibis to the prime suspects--a dancehall chanteuse, her suspicious husband, and a fashionable lesbian photographer--while a seasoned detective (played to perfection by Louis Jouvet) efficiently sorts through the clues. Anyone expecting thrills will be disappointed: Clouzot's fascination with human behavior prevails, and this subtle mix of motives and secrets is delicately balanced with underworld cynicism and a compassionate understanding of the human heart. --Jeff Shannon

Details der Edition Audience Rating NR (Not Rated) Land France Sprache French Barcode 037429176924 Region 2 Erscheinungsdatum 27.05.2003 Bildformat 1.33:1 Untertitel English Tonspuren French Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono Anzahl Disks/Bänder 1

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