Crime and Punishment (1956 film)

Crime and Punishment (French: Crime et Châtiment) is a 1956 French crime film based on the eponymous 1866 novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

Crime and Punishment
Directed by	Georges Lampin
Screenplay by	Charles Spaak (scenario et dialogues de)
Based on	Crime and Punishment 1866 novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Produced by	Jules Borkon
Starring	Jean Gabin Marina Vlady Ulla Jacobsson Bernard Blier Robert Hossein
Cinematography	Claude Renoir
Edited by	Emma Le Chanois
Music by	Maurice Thiriet
Color process	Black and white
Production company	Champs-Élysées Productions
Distributed by	Pathé Consortium Cinéma
Release date	4 December 1956 (1956-12-04)
Running time	108 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Box office	1 782 212 admissions (France)[1]

Plot

Proud of his position in society and of his intelligence, René Brunel believes that bourgeois notions of morality do no apply to him. To prove his point he murders an old woman in cold blood.

Cast

• Jean Gabin as Le commissaire Gallet
• Marina Vlady as Lili Marcellin
• Ulla Jacobsson as Nicole Brunel
• Bernard Blier as Antoine Monestier
• Robert Hossein as René Brunel
• Gaby Morlay as Madame Brunel (as Madame Gaby Morlay)
• René Havard as L'inspecteur Noblet
• Yvette Etiévant as Madame Marcelini (as Yvette Etievant)
• Gabrielle Fontan as Madame Harvais
• Roland Lesaffre as L'ouvrier accusé
• Albert Rémy as L'inspecteur Renaud
• Lino Ventura as Gustave Messonnier
• Gérard Blain as Jean Fargeot
• Julien Carette as Pierre Marcellin