Stain on the Snow

"La neige était sale" is based on a novel and play by the phenomenally prolific Georges Simenon. Upon learning that his mother was a prostitute, Frank (Daniel Gélin) dejectedly vows that he, too, will live a life of debauchery. Part of his self-degradation program is to kill someone, and since the story takes place during the Nazi occupation of France, he chooses a German officer as his victim. His steady descent into psychosis and depravity becomes his ultimate undoing.

• Director: Luis Saslavsky
• Cast: Daniel Gélin, Daniel Ivernel, Marie Mansart, Véra Norman, Nadine Basile, Paul Faivre, Joëlle Bernard, Camille Guérini