The Judge and the Assassin

Bertrand Tavernier with Philippe NoiretMichel GalabruIsabelle Huppert Jean-Claude BrialyRenée FaureCécile VassortJean-Roger CaussimonJean BretonnièreFrançois DyrekMonique ChaumetteYves RobertJean AmosG

1976 Historical France 128 minutes

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.

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Directed by : Bertrand Tavernier

Genre: Crime, Drama, Historical

The Judge and the Assassin .

Casting

Jean-Claude Brialy

Renée Faure

Cécile Vassort

Jean-Roger Caussimon

Jean Bretonnière

François Dyrek

Monique Chaumette

Yves Robert

Jean Amos

G

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