Le Témoin (1969) Directed by Anne Walter, Louis Duchesne
Crime / Thriller / Drama / Romance
aka: A Change of Heart
Film Synopsis
Cécile (Claude Jade) lives with the old astrologer Lady Hanka. Her relationship
to Thomas (Jean-Claude Dauphin) is uneventful. She meets a strange man, Van Britten (Gérard
Barray) and she is fatally intrigued by him, as a bird by a snake. A short time later,
Hanka is shot dead. Cécile knows the killer is Hermann, Van Britten's Chauffeur.
When Van Britten and Cécile are trying to escape, Van Britten is shot dead. Cécile
studies the stars and horoscopes: "Venus in Capricorn, cold winter solitude"...
Cast: Gérard Barray (Van Britten),
Claude Jade (Cécile), Jean-Claude Dauphin (Thomas),
Claude Vernier (Hermann), Jeanne Pérez (Hanka),
Bernard Frémaux (Haas),
Philippe Graff (François),
Claude van Hoffstadt (Suzanne),
Jacques Ferly
Country: Belgium
Language: French
Support: Color
Runtime: 90 min
Aka:A Change of Heart ;
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