A dancer dies, a marriage unravels — and everyone's looking at the wrong corpse.
Shortly after moving to Madrid, a dancer is killed. His condition as a womanizer, in addition to his arrogance, makes us suspect that it is a crime of passion. As the investigation progresses, the doubts and jealousy of one of his neighbors threatens to ruin his family life.
Acting
Nazzari's simmering diplomatic restraint masks volcanic suspicion.
Cinematography
Shadow-drenched Madrid interiors that breathe postwar claustrophobia.
Director
César Fernández Ardavín
Amedeo Nazzari
Embajador Michel de Caroli
Märta Torén
Condesa Isabel de Caroli
Rafael de Córdoba
Alomar
Nadia Marlowa
Marietta
Carlos Casaravilla
Police inspector
Carlos Larrañaga
Pedro
Aurora de Alba
Yolanda
Salvador Soler Marí
Asistente del embajador
Teresa del Río
Nora
Manuel Arbó
Asistente del comisario
Aníbal Vela
Esteban
Vicente Ávila
Francisco Sánchez
Muñoz
Julia Pachelo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fernández Ardavín adapted from a Georges Simenon novel, transplanting Belgian bourgeois anxiety to Franco-era Madrid's rigid social hierarchies.
Märta Torén's final Spanish role before her early death at 31; her fragility here carries unintended retrospective weight.
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