Affaire du courrier de Lyon (L') Historical - 1936 - B/W
Director : Maurice LEHMANN
99 minutes
Visa # 1 516 Isan # 0000-0000-1A82-0000-2-0000-0000-V Production : Royalty
Distribution : Les Films de la Pléiade
With : Pierre BLANCHAR, Dita PARLO, DORVILLE, Sylvia BATAILLE, Monique JOYCE, Jacques COPEAU, Charles DULLIN
Dialogues by Jacques Prévert.
Screenplay by Jean Aurenche.
Restoration in 2 K with the support of the Centre National du Cinema (Paris
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SUMMARY
In 1796, during the Directorate, the courier bringing seven million francs to Bonaparte's army in Italy is attacked by five bandits, four of whom are arrested shortly afterwards. Suspected of being the fifth bandit, a man is mistakenly identified by witnesses, tried and guillotined. The affair is now seen as a classic case study in hasty, vague justice. |