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Paris, France, during the First World War. While thousands of soldiers die every day on the battlefields, Henri Landru, a seemingly respectable furniture dealer, married and father of four children, relentlessly feeds his own sinister factory of death.
Keywords
death penalty
husband wife relationship
paris, france
court case
world war i
black humor
based on true story
womanizer
social satire
serial killer
true crime
political intrigue
1910s
treaty of versailles
french history
tragicomedy
political propaganda
Casts

Charles Denner
Henri Landru

Michèle Morgan
Mme Buisson

Danielle Darrieux
Mme Héon

Hildegard Knef
German Widow

Juliette Mayniel
Mme Collomb

Stéphane Audran
Fernande Segret

Catherine Rouvel
Mlle Babeley

Françoise Lugagne
Catherine Landru

Mary Marquet
Old Lady

Denise Provence
Mme Lacoste

Serge Bento
Maurice Landru

Claude Mansard
Landru's Attorney

Robert Burnier
Court President

Mario David
Advocate General

Jean-Louis Maury
Commissaire Belin

Diane Lepvrier
Suzanne Landru

Gisèle Sandré
Mireille

Sacha Briquet
Prosecutor
Raymond Queneau
Georges Clemenceau

Jean-Pierre Melville
Clemenceau's Aide

Pierre Vernier
René Pannetrat
Jacques Munier

Louis Lyonnet
Pierre Lafont
Huguette Forge
Joseph Hindley
André Dino
André Fouché

Bernard Papineau
Eric Muller
Robert Barre

Philippe Castelli

Jean-Marie Arnoux
Jacques Robiolles
Alain Quercy

Henri Attal

Dominique Zardi
Crews

Claude Chabrol
Director

Françoise Sagan
Screenplay

Carlo Ponti
Producer

Pierre Jansen
Original Music Composer
Jean Rabier
Director of Photography
Jacques Gaillard
Editor

Jacques Saulnier
Production Design

Georges de Beauregard
Producer

Françoise Sagan
Dialogue
André Girard
Conductor
Monique Gaillard
Assistant Editor
Julien Coutellier
Sound Engineer
Maurice Albray
Costume Designer
Francis Cognany
Assistant Director
Jean Grouet
Assistant Director
Charles L. Bitsch
Assistant Director
Claude Laporte
Assistant Director
Alain Levent
Camera Operator
Claude Lidi
Assistant Camera
Michel Humeau
Assistant Camera
Georges Houssaye
Set Decoration
Raymond Cauchetier
Still Photographer
Suzon Faye
Script Supervisor
Joseph Gerhard
Property Master
Louis Bonnemaison
Makeup Artist
Maud Begon
Hairstylist
Victor Revelli
Boom Operator
Paul Durand
Sound Recordist
Clément Ollier
Production Manager
Roger Scipion
Production Manager
Bruna Drigo
Production Director
Backdrops & Posters




