Bastien and Furet are a journalist and a photographer working together as a team on the newspaper 'L'Echo du Jour'. Just as they are about to go off on a weekend break with Micky, their boss's secretary, they are sent to a crime scene to report the murder of a Russian named 'le Moujik'.
Acting
Meurisse and Périer's rapid-fire repartee carries every scene.
Production
Shot during occupation with resourceful studio-bound ingenuity.
Writing
Darkly comic dialogue that walks the tightrope of censorship.
Director
Richard Pottier
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Produced by Continental, the German-controlled French studio, making its tonal lightness a fascinating survival strategy. Spoiler-free context.
Martine Carol became France's biggest postwar star; this early role barely hints at her eventual bombshell persona.
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