Dirty Hands (1951)
1h 43m
Running Time
August 9, 1951Release Date
Plot.
A young intellectual, Hugo, joins the Communist Party out of a sense of idealism, only to see his principles manipulated by party leaders. He is given the assignment of killing Professor Hoederer, a party deviationist. However, he grows to admire the man and begins to have doubts about morals and revolutionary politics. But jealousy - Hugo thinks Hoederer has made love to his wife, Jessica - takes matters out of the political realm.
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Cast & Crew.
Pierre Brasseur
Hoederer
Daniel Gélin
Hugo Barine
Claude Nollier
Olga
Jacques Castelot
le prince
Monique Arthur
Jessica Barine
Georges Chamarat
Banine
Fernand Rivers
Director
Simone Berriau
Director
Details.
Wiki.
Dirty Hands (French: Les Mains sales) is a 1951 French drama film directed by Fernand Rivers and Simone Berriau and starring Pierre Brasseur, Daniel Gélin and Claude Nollier. It is an adaptation of the 1948 play Dirty Hands by Jean-Paul Sartre. It was shot at the Neuilly Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Dumesnil and René Renoux.