Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

L'Étrange Monsieur Victor (1938)

L'Étrange Monsieur Victor poster
Directed by
Jean Grémillon
Genre
drama film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 43m
Rated
16
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 22 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A small-town shopkeeper leads a double life as a criminal. When a murder investigation unfolds, a decent man becomes the prime suspect. The town's secrets and lies start to unravel.

broodingmelancholicslow-burntensenoir-ishsuspensefulatmosphericgritty

What happens

The Strange Monsieur Victor (French: L'Étrange Monsieur Victor) is a 1938 French-German drama film directed by Jean Grémillon and starring Raimu, Pierre Blanchar and Madeleine Renaud. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Hunte and Willy Schiller. The film was made by major German studio Universum Film AG in collaboration with its French subsidiary. It was the thirteenth most popular film at the French box office in 1938. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?