We Are All Murderers
117 mins
Originally titled Nous Sommes Tout des Assassins, We Are All Murderers was directed by Andre Cayette, a former lawyer who detested France's execution system. Charles Spaak's screenplay makes no attempt to launder the four principal characters (Marcel Mouloudji, Raymond Pellegrin, Antoinine Balpetre, Julien Verdeir): never mind the motivations, these are all hardened murderers. Still, the film condemns the sadistic ritual through which these four men are brought to the guillotine. In France, the policy is to never tell the condemned man when the execution will occur--and then to show up without warning and drag the victim kicking and screaming to his doom, without any opportunity to make peace with himself or his Maker. By the end of this harrowing film, the audience feels as dehumanized as the four "protagonists." We Are All Murderers was roundly roasted by the French law enforcement establishment, but it won a special jury prize at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.
Jean-Pierre Grenier
Docteur Detouche (version française)
Alinda Kristensen
La femme suédoise
Liliane Maigné
Rachel
Eliane Monceau
L'amie de Dutoit
Solange Sicard
La mère d'Agnès
Doudou Babet
Un taulard (uncredited)
Frédéric Bard
Un taulard (uncredited)
Paul Barge
Le chauffeur (uncredited)
Georges Charlot
Unit Manager
Auboiroux
Sound Assistant
Albert Volper
Unit Manager
Nicolas Wilcke
Special Effects
Alfred Marpaux
Assistant Production Design
Jacques Colombier
Production Design
Antoine Petitjean
Sound Engineer
Sacha Mazour
Still Photographer
Nicole Colombier
Assistant Editor
François Carron
Production Manager
Robert Guisgand
Assistant Production Design
René Castel
Assistant Camera
Louis Stein
Camera Operator
Simone Chevaudra
Script
Roger Descoffre
Unit Manager
André Halley des Fontaines
Producer
Jean Bourgoin
Director of Photography
Paul Cayatte
Editor
Paul Rodier
Assistant Camera
Raymond Legrand
Music
Ferdinand Junker
Costume Design
Pierre Léaud
Assistant Director
Gaston Ancessi
Sound Assistant
R. Durin
Special Effects
