The Back with the wall

the Back with the wall is a French comedy, carried out by Edouard Molinaro in 1967.

Synopsis

The industrialist Jacques Decrey deeply loves his wife, Gloria. One day, he discovers that she has a lover and decides to make it sing under a name of loan, Louis Berthier, then to make pass his lover, a young actor of the name of Yves Normand, for the Master singer. It arrives to provide proof with Gloria distorts it which the Master singer is not other than Yves. Believer whom the man whom she loves betrayed it, she tries to commit suicide but at the time or Yves wants to disarm it, she kills it accidentally. To avoid the troubles, Jacques buries the body in a wall of construction of his factory. A beautiful morning of Christmas, Gloria falls under a passport from Jacques, in the name of Louis Berthier. Having included/understood all the setting in scene, it commits suicide, after having written a letter with the police force, in whom it denounces Jacques as being the author of the crime…

Data sheet

Realization: Edouard Molinaro
Scenario: Frederic Dart, Edouard Molinaro, Jean Redon, François Chavane, according to the novel of Frederic Dart " Deliver to us mal"
Dialogs: Frederic Dart, Jean-Louis Roncoroni, Jean Redon
Assistant realizer: Claude Sautet
Images: Robert Lefebvre, assisted of Gerard Sarthre
Operator: Roger Delpuech
Directing of the production: Irenee Leriche, Robert Sussfeld
Sound: Pierre Bertrand
Production: Cinéphonic, Gaumont
Distributer: Producing Gaumont
: Alain Poiré, François Chavane
Music: Horned Richard
Decorations: Georges Levy, assisted of Jacques Brizzio
Assembly: Robert and Monique Isnardon
Script girl: Claude Levillain
Manager: Pierre Cosson
Make-up: Lina Roller
Hairstyles: Simone Knapp
Photographer of plate: Jean-Louis Castelli
Turning from November 13rd to December 24th, 1957
Year: 1958
Lasted: 93 minutes
Film 35mm, black and white
Kind: Dramatic comedy
First presentation the 3/7/1958

Distribution

Gerard Oury: Jacques Decrey, industrialist
Jeanne Moreau: Gloria Decrey, its wife
Philippe Nicaud: Norman Yves, young actor, lover of Gloria
Jean Lefebvre: Mauvin, the private detective
Micheline Luccioni: The postière
Claire Maurier: Ghislaine
Jean Michaud: The minister
Albert Michel: The caretaker
Colette Renard: Josiane Mauvin, the woman of the detective
Rene Berthier: The priest
Robert Béal: Master Lombard, the lawyer
Jean-Marc River: Paul
Gerard Buhr: Mario
Jean Clears gravel: The jeweller
Jacqueline Noëlle: Entraîneuse the
Philippe Olive: Henri
Pascal Mazzotti: Jerome the servant
Bernard Musson: The impatient customer at the post office
Paul Mercey: A guest
Genevese Emile: The pump assistant
Pierre Mirat Mr. Lacourt, a tenant
Georges Cusin
Robert Basil
Richard Francoeur: A guest
Gilbert Edard
Jean Besnard
Francoise Honorat
Joelle Janin
Marguerite Lorne
Jacques Mancier: Mr. Berdaux, a collaborator
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