I've wondering myself why so low ratings over this finest picture just 6.7 from IMDB's users? It's really is a crying shame, Julien Duvivier wrote and adapted to the screen from the Wasserman the novel "Der Fall Maurizius" about an innocent young man on trial appointed as guilty of a foursome affair for supposedly killed his jealous wife after have knew her younger gorgeous sister, also had as prosecution witness his best friend, worst he was hard-pressed by a heartless and ambitious prosecutor through his hard eloquence blinded the jury to small details that should let them to another outcome instead lifelong imprisonment.
Actually the plotline is quite average, however how Duvivier handles the story is noteworthy lashing out the judicial establishment as a whole, putting the finger in the wound, when the justice commits an error they never re-open the case, in fact they offer a parole whereas the innocent sign as guilty to get the pardon under stringent circumstances, letting the guiltless goes back to civilization as condone a tries survive with the nasty glances of the citizen which he previously coexisted, nonetheless it was a hard mater to stand alone and under such pressure of the society, another warning movie from the master Duvivier as some my favorite French director.
Near masterpiece the highlights certainly is the naïve and proud Daniel Gélin, the unyielding Charles Vanel, the devious and also unwholesome Anton Walbrook in his best performance ever including letting strongly explicit some implying over his nasty behavior on children, girls and also boys, perhaps too commonplace to that period of time!!
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First watch: 2022 /How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 9.
