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The Hatter's Ghost (1982)

The Hatter's Ghost poster
Original title
Les fantômes du chapelier
Directed by
Claude Chabrol
Genre
drama film, comedy film
Country
France
Runtime
2h 02m
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 52 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A quiet hatter in a small Brittany town is secretly a serial killer. A nosy tailor watches him closely and begins to suspect the truth.

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What happens

The Hatter's Ghost (French: "Les fantômes du chapelier") is a 1982 French crime film directed by Claude Chabrol. It is based on the 1947 story Le Petit Tailleur et le Chapelier by Georges Simenon. It takes place in Brittany and was shot in the towns of Concarneau and Quimper. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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