Back Streets of Paris

Back Streets of Paris (1946)

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Madame Rose runs a seedy hotel in a suburb of Paris. Strong-minded but without the least moral scruple, she once killed her husband whose honesty was a hindrance to her business. Under a suspended sentence, she now indulges in smuggling. One day, Victor, one of her former accomplices hounded by the police, finds sanctuary with her. During a drinking spree, he has the bad idea to entrust to her a suitcase filled with bank notes, a loot with which Victor hopes to rebuild his life in South America. But Rose, lured by temptation, betrays Victor, who is arrested by the police. However, he manages to escape with only one thing in mind, to take revenge on Rose...

Date of release
1946-11-27
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (12)
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Drama
Director
Marcel Blistène, Jacques Feyder

Casting

Interesting facts

Back Streets of Paris is a 1946 French crime film directed by Marcel Blistène. Jacques Feyder also contributed to the film in the role of artistic director.

Production

Filming took place between June and August 1946 at the Studios de Saint-Maurice, with exterior scenes filmed at the Zoo de Vincennes. Jean d'Eaubonne was the set designer.

Jacques Feyder is credited as artistic director ("direction artistique"). Although Feyder was ill at the time, according to Françoise Rosay (his wife) he was asked to supervise filming because various members of the crew had no confidence in the young and inexperienced director, Marcel Blistène. Relations on the set between Blistène and Feyder were hostile, and once filming was finished it was Feyder who oversaw the editing.

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