Synopsis
A gullible jeweller is victim of a scam mounted by a professional lady thief. She passes him off as her husband, obsessed by a necklace. Doctor Schwartz falls into the trap and has the poor man committed to a mental hospital on his first visit.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (5)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Etablissements Braunberger-Richebé
- Film exports/foreign sales : Les Films du Jeudi
- French distribution : Les Films Vog
Full credits (9)
- Executive Producer : Pierre Braunberger
- Screenwriter : Marc Allégret
- Director of Photography : Théodore Sparkuhl
- Assistant directors : Yves Allégret, Claude Heymann
- Editor : Jean Mamy
- Sound Recordist : Bugnon
- Author of original work : Max Daireaux
- Production Designer : Gabriel Scognamillo
- Still Photographer : Roger Forster
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Production language : French
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French
- Production year : 1931
- Runtime : 30 min
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.33
- Audio format : Mono
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)