Crainquebille (1934)
- Directed by
- Jacques de Baroncelli
- Genre
- comedy drama
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 05m
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
An honest street vendor in Paris is arrested and put on trial after a misunderstanding with a police officer. The film follows how the legal system and society treat him unfairly because he is poor.
melancholicslow-burnpoignantsocially consciousintimategroundedslightly dated
What happens
Crainquebille is a 1934 French drama film directed by Jacques de Baroncelli and starring Félicien Tramel, Rachel Devirys and Jeanne Fusier-Gir. It is based on the 1901 story L'Affaire Crainquebille by Anatole France, which had previously been adapted into a 1922 silent film Crainquebille directed by Jacques Feyder. The film's sets were designed by the art director Claude Bouxin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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