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Majestic Hotel Cellars (1945)

Majestic Hotel Cellars poster
Original title
Les Caves du Majestic
Directed by
Richard Pottier
Genre
crime, drama, mystery
Country
France
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A detective investigates a murder at a hotel. The case is tangled up with secrets among the guests and staff.

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What happens

Majestic Hotel Cellars (French: Les caves du Majestic) is a 1945 French crime film directed by Richard Pottier and starring Albert Préjean, Suzy Prim and Denise Grey. It is based on the Maigret novel Maigret and the Hotel Majestic by Georges Simenon. The film's sets were designed by the art director Guy de Gastyne. The film earned admissions in France of 1,870,814. It was the last production of the German-controlled French film production company Continental Films, which was dissolved after the Liberation of Paris. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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