Synopsis
Paris, France, during the First World War. While thousands of soldiers die every day on the battlefields, Henri Landru, a seemingly respectable furniture dealer, married and father of four children, relentlessly feeds his own sinister factory of death.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
66 audience votes
Key crew
- Claude ChabrolDirector
- Françoise SaganScreenplay
- Pierre JansenOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Charles DennerHenri Landru
- Michèle MorganMme Buisson
- Danielle DarrieuxMme Héon
- Hildegard KnefGerman Widow
- Juliette MaynielMme Collomb
- Stéphane AudranFernande Segret
- Catherine RouvelMlle Babeley
- Françoise LugagneCatherine Landru
- Mary MarquetOld Lady
- Denise ProvenceMme Lacoste
- Serge BentoMaurice Landru
- Claude MansardLandru's Attorney
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Themes
death penaltyhusband wife relationshipparis, francecourt caseworld war iblack humorbased on true storywomanizersocial satireserial killertrue crimepolitical intrigue