The Terror of Batignolles

Overview

An expressionist comedy greatly influenced by German Expressionism set in a bohemian enclave of northern Paris, which Clouzot made shortly before he served as assistant director to Anatole Litvak and E.A. Dupont and began scripting French versions of German films at Berlin’s UFA studios.

Cast

Louis-Jacques Boucot

Le cambrioleur

Germaine Aussey

Elle

Jean Wall

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