We Are All Murderers
(1952)

Released: 1952-05-21

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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.

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Marcel Mouloudji

as René Le Guen

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Raymond Pellegrin

as Gino Bollini

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Antoine Balpêtré

as Dr. Albert Dutoit

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Claude Laydu

as Philippe Arnaud

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Georges Poujouly

as Michel Le Guen

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Jacqueline Pierreux

as Yvonne Le Guen (version française)

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Lucien Nat

as L'avocat général

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Louis Arbessier

as L'avocat du tribunal pour enfants

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René Blancard

as Albert Pichon

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Léonce Corne

as Le colonel instructeur

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Henri Crémieux

as L'avocat de Bauchet

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Jean Daurand

as Girard, l'homme dans la cabine téléphonique

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Yvonne de Bray

as La chiffonnière

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Guy Decomble

as Un inspecteur

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Monette Dinay

as La femme de Charles

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Yvette Etiévant

as L'épouse de Bauchet

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Juliette Faber

as Francine Saulnier

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Sacha Mazour

Still Photographer

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André Cayatte

Scenario Writer

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Antoine Petitjean

Sound Engineer

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Auboiroux

Sound Assistant

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Gaston Ancessi

Sound Assistant

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R. Durin

Special Effects

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François Carron

Production Manager

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Albert Volper

Unit Manager

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Alfred Marpaux

Assistant Production Design

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Pierre Léaud

Assistant Director

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Jean Bourgoin

Director of Photography

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