Mikhail ROMM
Михаил РОММ
Mikhaïl ROMM
USSR, 1956, 104mn 
Colour, fiction
The Murder on Dante Street
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Убийство на улице Данте

 

 Meurtre dans la rue Dante

 Ubiystvo na ulitse Dante

 
Directed by : Mikhail ROMM (Михаил РОММ)
Writing credits : Yevgeni GABRILOVICH (Евгений ГАБРИЛОВИЧ)
Cinematography : Boris VOLCHEK (Борис ВОЛЧЕК)
Production : Mosfilm
Spectators : 27,4 millions of spectators
 
Site : IMDb

Plot synopsis
France. The year of 1945. Madeleine Tibaux, an actress is fatally wounded. Before she dies she recollects her relationship with Charle, her son, who was enlisted by fascists and committed a lot of crimes. Madeleine urged her son to acknowledge his crimes. Being afraid of disclosure Charle’s friends shoot Madeleine before his very eyes.
Source : www.mosfilm.ru
 

Commentaries and bibliography
À propos de l’image de la France dans quelques films soviétiques (1929-1956), Natalia IAKOVLEVA, Presses Universitaires du Midi, Le Cinéma "stalinien", 2003