Le crime de Monsieur Lange (1936)

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Basic facts

Original title	Le crime de Monsieur Lange
Film type	Feature
Category	Fiction
Director	Jean Renoir
Producer	André Halley des Fontaines
Screenplay	Jacques Prévert Jean Renoir
Original work	L' ascension de Monsieur Lange (Short story)
Production country	France
Production company	Les Films Obéron
Dialogue	French
Swedish release	1990-07-06

Cast

René Lefèvre
Amédée Lange, kontorist på förlaget Les Éditions Batala

Jules Berry
Paul Batala, ägare till förlaget Les Éditions Batala

Florelle
Valentine Cardès, ägare till ett tvätteri

Nadia Sibirskaïa
Estelle, tvätterska

Sylvia Bataille
Edith, Batalas sekreterare

Henry Guisol
Meunier fils, fordringsägare

Titles

Original title	Le crime de Monsieur Lange
Swedish release title	Herr Langes brott
Working title	L'ascension de Monsieur Lange Sur la cour Dans la cour Un homme se sauve

Crew

Director	Jean Renoir
Screenplay	Jacques Prévert Jean Renoir (ej krediterad)
Producer	André Halley des Fontaines
Production Manager	Geneviève Blondeau (directeur de production)
Director of Photography	Jean Bachelet
Production Designer	Jean Castanier (as Jean Castanyer) (décors) Robert Gys (décors - ej krediterad)
Film Editor	Marguerite Renoir (as Marguerite Houllé) Marthe Huguet
Production Mixer	Louis Bogé (ingénieur du son) Roger Loisel (ingénieur du son) Guy Moreau (ej krediterad) Robert Teisseire (ej krediterad)
Script Supervisor	Marguerite Renoir (as Marguerite Houllé) (script-girl)
Unit Manager	Maurice Blondeau (direction technique)
Camera Operator	Henri Champion (opérateur)
Still Photographer	Dora Maar (photographe de plateau - ej krediterad)
Assistant Cameraman	Jean Brévignon (assistant-opérateur)
Color Timer	L. Maurice (cinéma tirage/copie sonore)
Assistant Production Designer	Roger Blin (ej krediterad)
Set Decorator	Raoul Lagneau (régie d'extérieure)
Make-up Supervisor	Joseph Mejinsky (maquilleur)

Cast

René Lefèvre	Amédée Lange, kontorist på förlaget Les Éditions Batala
Jules Berry	Paul Batala, ägare till förlaget Les Éditions Batala
Florelle	Valentine Cardès, ägare till ett tvätteri
Nadia Sibirskaïa	Estelle, tvätterska
Sylvia Bataille	Edith, Batalas sekreterare
Henry Guisol	Meunier fils, fordringsägare
Marcel Lévesque	monsieur Beznard, portvakten
Odette Talazac	hans fru
Maurice Baquet	Charles Beznard, portvaktsparets son
Jacques-Bernard Brunius	monsieur Baigneur, fordringsägare
Sylvain Itkine	Juliani, f.d. poliskommissarie, Batalas kusin
Marcel Duhamel	förman på förlaget
Henri Saint-Isle	förlagsarbetare
Jean Dasté	Dick, förlagsillustratör
René Génin	en kund på värdshuset vid gränsen
Pierre Huchet
Max Morise
Lucien Charbonnier		(samt ej krediterade)
Paul Grimault	Louis, typograf på förlaget
Guy Decomble	förlagsarbetare
Fabien Loris	förlagsarbetare
Edmond Beauchamp	prästen på tåget
Claire Gérard	den prostituerade med hund som får cigarretter av Monsieur Lange
Janine Loris	en tvätterska
Paul Demange	en fordringsägare
Jean Brémaud
Marcel Lupovici
Dora Maar
Yves Deniaud		(ej identifierad)

Companies

Production Company	Les Films Obéron

Technical specifications

Aspect ratio	1.37:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Optical mono
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	2304 meter
Length in minutes	84 min

Original work

Original title	L' ascension de Monsieur Lange (Short story)
Author	Jean Renoir
	Jean Castanyer

Production location

Studios Billancourt	Billancourt		1935-10	1935-11
	Paris	France
	Le Tréport

Release dates

First showing	1936-01-24	Aubert-Palace	Paris	France	84 min
Release in Sweden	1990-07-06	TV2		Sweden	76 min
FIAF showing	2007-09-09
	2007-09-20
	2010-07-31
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2012-05-06
Filmvetenskapliga institutionen	2014-05-09
Cinematheque screening	2015-01-27	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2015-01-27
	2016-03-29

Soundtrack listing

Original title	Au jour le jour, à la nuit la nuit
Composer	Joseph Kosma
Lyrics	Jacques Prévert
Singer	Florelle

Original title	C'est la nuit Noël
Composer	Joseph Kosma
Lyrics	Jacques Prévert
Singer	Marcel Lévesque

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