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The Red Robe (1933)

The Red Robe poster
Original title
La Robe rouge
Directed by
Jean de Marguenat
Genre
drama film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A legal drama set in early 1900s France. A prosecutor faces a moral crisis when his past actions are exposed during a trial.

dramaticseriousgradualemotionalperiodrestrainedcharacter-drivenintimate

What happens

The Red Robe sometimes translated as The Red Dress (French: La robe rouge) is a 1933 French drama film directed by Jean de Marguenat and starring Constant Remy, Suzanne Rissler and Marcelle Praince. It is based on a 1900 play by Eugène Brieux. The film's sets were designed by the art director Aimé Bazin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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