Summary
Realising that he is about to die, the Count of Keraudren hides himself
behind a one-way mirror in a secret room at his chateau. From
here, he can observe the consequences of his sudden
disappearance. At the reading of the will, Keraudren’s relatives
are dismayed when they learn they will have to wait five years before
they can receive their share of the inheritance. The
hopeful beneficiaries are: Jean-Marie, a student, and his girlfriend,
Micheline; Jeanne, who is unhappily married to Claude and thinks only
of her cousin André; Edwige, a German horsewoman;
Guillaume, a fine arts attaché; the alcoholic Christian;
and Henri. To raise some badly needed money, this disparate group
of people decide to stage a son et lumière show at the chateau,
the theme being a love drama set in the middle ages. Whilst
repairing a spotlight, Henri is killed by an electric shock. Was
this an accident or murder...?
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)
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Credits
- Director: Georges Franju
- Script: Pierre Boileau, Georges Franju, Thomas Narcejac, Robert Thomas
- Photo: Marcel Fradetal
- Music: Maurice Jarre
- Cast: Pascale Audret (Jeanne Benoist-Sainval), Jean Babilée (Christian), Georges Bever (Le cocher), Pierre Brasseur (Comte Hervé de Keraudren), Gérard Buhr (Henri), Marianne Koch (Edwige), Philippe Leroy (André), Serge Marquand (Yvan), Maryse Martin (Marthe), Jean Ozenne (Guillaume), Georges Pierre (L’opérateur du Son et Lumière), Lucien Raimbourg (Julien), Georges Rollin (Benoist-Sainval), Dany Saval (Micheline), Jean-Louis Trintignant (Jean-Marie), Robert Vattier (Le notaire)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 95 min; B&W
- Aka: Spotlight on a Murderer
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