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The Crime of Monsieur Lange

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A man and a woman arrive in a cafe-hotel near the Belgian frontier. The customers recognize the man from the police's description: his name is Amedee Lange, and he murdered somebody in Paris. Lange was an employee in a printing works. His boss was a real bastard, swindling every one, seducing female workers... One day he fled to avoid facing his creditors, and the workers set up a cooperative to go on working. What then made Lange a killer?

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1936-01-24

Runtime: 80 mins

Director: Jean Renoir

Spoken language: Français

Genres: Drama, Crime, Comedy

Original title: The Crime of Monsieur Lange

Production Companies: Films Obéron

Production Countries: France

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