The Judge and the Assassin

03/10/1976

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2hrs 8min

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History

,Crime

,Drama

STORY

France, 1893. Joseph Bouvier attempts to shoot his love who refused to marry him and to commit suicide. Upon release from the filthy asylum where he was placed, with bullets still remaining in his head, he wanders the country roads and rapes and murders many teenagers over years. The judge Rousseau captures him, but to serve his ambition seeks to avoid that Bouvier is simply declared insane.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Philippe Noiret
  • Michel Galabru
  • Isabelle Huppert
  • Jean-Claude Brialy
  • Renée Faure

    Director

  • Bertrand Tavernier

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Lira Films
  • FR3
  • SFP

    Production Countries

  • France

LANGUAGES

  • French
  • Vietnamese