The Crime of Monsieur Lange

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The Crime of Monsieur Lange ★★★ Le Crime de Monsieur Lange 1936

Charming French socialist fantasy where workers at a publishing company turn the business into a thriving cooperative while their evil boss is gone. When he returns, worker Lefevre plots to kill him. Rather talky, but humorous. In French with subtitles. French script booklet also available. 90m/B VHS . FR Rene Lefevre, Jules Berry, Florelle, Sylvia Bataille, Jean Daste, Nadia Sibirskaia, Henri Guisol; D: Jean Renoir; W: Jean Renoir, Jacques Prevert; C: Jean Bachelet; M: Jean Wiener, Joseph Kosma.

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