An unhappily married women is courted by a seductive man who happens to
be a friend of her husband. One day, the two men are involved in
a car accident and the husband is killed. The friend yields to
temptation by not coming to his aid. Thinking that her lover is a
killer, the woman marries another man. Heartbroken, her former
lover commits suicide.
Cast: Henri Rollan (Maurice Brinon),
Marie Bell,
Antonin Berval,
Raymond Cordy,
Arlette Dubreuil,
Gina Manès,
Hélène Pépée
Country: France
Language: French
Support: Black and White
Runtime: 97 min
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Continental Films, quality cinema under the Nazi Occupation
At the time of the Nazi Occupation of France during WWII, the German-run company Continental produced some of the finest films made in France in the 1940s.
From its birth in 1895, cinema has been an essential part of French culture. Now it is one of the most dynamic, versatile and important of the arts in France.