Summary
A desperate woman makes a mad dash to the television studios, anxious
not to waste one second of the air time she has been granted.
Almost overcome with emotion, Madeleine Girard makes an appeal to the
kidnapper of her little daughter Laurence, promising that she will not
prosecute providing the girl is returned to her unharmed. On her
return home, Madeleine must endure a painful vigil in the company of
her husband, Bernard, and her son from a previous marriage. The
evening’s ordeal is exacerbated by the selfish demands of Bernard’s
father and the presence of a crowd of journalists camped on the
Girards’ doorstep...
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Credits
- Director: André Cayatte
- Script: André Cayatte, Jean Curtelin
- Photo: Maurice Fellous, Ennio Guarnieri
- Music: Vladimir Cosma
- Cast: Annie Girardot (Madeleine Girard), Hardy Krüger (Commissaire Bolar), Bernard Fresson (Bernard Girard), Stéphane Hillel (Michel Girard), Fernand Ledoux (Le père), Edith Scob (La folle), Astrid Frank (Sylvie), Anne-Marie Hanschke (La mère de Madeleine), Leila Fréchet (Laurence)
- Country: France / West Germany
- Language: French
- Runtime: 105 min
- Aka: To Each His Hell
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