Synopsis
In France, the position of "magistrate" resembles that of the American district attorney; those in either post have broad investigatory and prosecutory powers. In this French language drama, Magistrate Level (Jacques Brel) is one of the rare few who will prosecute the police for abuse of power. He begins reluctantly, forced to make a pro forma investigation of three policemen who are implicated in the death of a suspect during questioning. After all, he is already late for his long-scheduled vacation. As he gets deeper into the investigation, he becomes more motivated. At the same time, he begins to receive threats from those who want him to stop.
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Credits
Director (1)
Actors (25)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Productions Belles Rives
- Foreign production company : West Film
- Film exports/foreign sales : Open Art Productions
- French distribution : Compagnie Commerciale Française Cinématographique (CCFC)
Full credits (16)
- Executive Producer : Michel Ardan
- Adaptation : Paul Andreota, Marcel Carné
- Director of Photography : Jean Badal
- Music Composers : Pierre Henry, Michel Colombier
- Assistant directors : Paul Feyder, Antoine Jacquet
- Editor : Henri Rust
- Sound Recordist : René Longuet
- Foreign Producer : Italo Zingarelli
- Author of original work : Raf Vallet
- Sound Assistant : Pierre Davoust
- Assistant Operators : Valéry Ivanow, Paul Michelangeli
- Camera Operator : Robert Foucart
- Assistant editor : Mariette Levy-Novion
- Continuity supervisor : Madeleine Santucci
- Production Designer : Rino Mondellini
- Make-up Artist : Alain Folgoas
Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Justice
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Italy
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Italy)
- Production year : 1971
- French release : 07/05/1971
- Runtime : 1 h 50 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 37932
- Visa issue date : 29/04/1971
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Audio format : Mono
Box-office & releases
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