Based on true facts, a news item which was widely talked about in the nineteenth century, this is the story of a wife who might have poisoned her husband .
Cast
Pierre Renoir
Charles Lafarge
Marcelle Chantal
Marie Lafarge-Capelle
Raymond Rouleau
Maître Lachaud
Margo Lion
Aména Lafarge
Sylvie
Adélaîde Lafarge
Erich von Stroheim
Denis
Florence Marly
Emma Pontier
Berthe d'Yd
Mlle. Brun
Auguste Bovério
President of Assises
Sylvette Fillacier
Clémentine
Pierre Palau
Defoy
Lisette Missier
Mlle. von Martens
Odette Talazac
Innkeeper
Yvette Darnys
A girl
Solange Sicard
A girl
Agnès Duval
Catherine
René Bergeron
Uncle Pontier
Paul Amiot
The prosecuter
André Gabriello
Rogue
Gustave Gallet
Orfiela
Franck Maurice
The Police Commisioner
Georges Douking
Parent
Etienne Decroux
A peasant
François Viguier
An expert
Jean Bouzanquet
A rider
Martial Rèbe
A doctor
Georges Mauloy
Director of the prison
Edmond Castel
Secondary director of the prison
Marc Daray
Forge
Paul Marthès
A priest
Crew
Pierre Chenal
Director
Jean Aurenche
Screenplay, Story
Henri Calef
Screenplay, Assistant Director
Arnold Lipp
Story
Ernest Fornairon
Book
Christian Gaudin
Editor
Jean Oser
Editor
Louis Page
Director of Photography
Theodore J. Pahle
Director of Photography
Arnold Pressburger
Producer
Robert Gys
Production Design
Georges K. Benda
Costume Design
Hagop Arakelian
Makeup Artist
Robert Bugnon
Sound
Georges Auric
Original Music Composer
André-Paul Antoine
Dialogue
Ralph Baum
Production Manager
Herbert Lippschitz
Production Manager
Eugène Lourié
Art Direction
