The Judge and the Assassin (1976)
- Original title
- Le Juge et l'Assassin
- Directed by
- Bertrand Tavernier
- Genre
- drama film, comedy drama, crime film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 2h 08m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 144 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
In 1890s France, a judge befriends a captured ex-soldier suspected of a series of rapes and murders. He manipulates the man into confessing for his own career advancement.
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What happens
The Judge and the Assassin (French: Le Juge et l'assassin) is a 1976 French drama film directed by Bertrand Tavernier that stars Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Michel Galabru, and Jean-Claude Brialy. Set in France in the 1890s, it shows the capture after a trail of rapes and murders of a possibly deranged ex-soldier, based on the historical Joseph Vacher, and how he is befriended by an ambitious judge who leads him into incriminating himself. The film won two César Awards in 1977. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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