
"La neige était sale" is based on a novel and play by the phenomenally prolific Georges Simenon. Upon learning that his mother was a prostitute, Frank (Daniel Gélin) dejectedly vows that he, too, will live a life of debauchery. Part of his self-degradation program is to kill someone, and since the story takes place during the Nazi occupation of France, he chooses a German officer as his victim. His steady descent into psychosis and depravity becomes his ultimate undoing.

as Frank Friedmayer

as Krommer

as Suzy Holtz

as Moune

as Bertha

as Caretaker

as Girl

as Commissioner


as Officer

as German



as Professor

as Violinist


as Holtz

as Mrs. Irma

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