Julien Duvivier in the Thirties: Eclipse 44
Criterion’s latest Eclipse set showcases a neglected master of pre-New Wave French film, Julien Duvivier; the four films here are stylistically adventurous and have great emotional […]
Review: La tete d'un homme (1933)
Director: Julien Duvivier
Cast: Harry Baur, Valéry Inkijinoff, Alexandre Rignault, Gaston Jacquet, Gina Manès,
Harry Baur
Valéry Inkijinoff
Alexandre Rignault
Gaston Jacquet
Gina Manès
Plot: Willy Ferrière is a gambler living beyond his means, and his mistress is as greedy as he's dead broke. One day, he says out of loud in a a Montparnasse café that he would give 100,000 francs to get rid of his wealthy aunt so he could claim his inheritance. Someone secretly lets Willy know it's a deal. The old lady is murdered, and a low-life criminal is manipulated to be the perfect suspect. But Superintendant Maigret feels something is wrong.
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