Film

Serenade to the Executioner

1951 · 1h 33m · Crime · Drama

IMDb

6.6

Schomberg, an enigmatic psychiatrist runs a nursing home. He is forced to close his clinic and disappear to escape the police. But he wants revenge on his wife's lover, Didier Laurent, a former RAF fighter pilot. Didier meets a young trapeze artist, Paula, with whom he falls in love. The happiness of the two young people is disturbed by the assassination of Irene, strangled by Schomberg who casts suspicion on Didier. Fortunately for them Commissioner Ulysses knows the truth and forces Schomberg to commit suicide.

Paul Meurisse

Tilda Thamar

Antonin Berval

Julien Bertheau

Solange Varenne

Henry Murray

Jean Pignol

Lucien Hector

Lisa Dorel

Jacques Bougheriou

Gérard Landry

Véra Norman

Alfred Arlais

Henri Cote

Claire Genet

Marcel Melrac

• Jean StelliDirector

Release date

May 31, 1951

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 33m

Genres

Crime, Drama