''The Lonely Killers'' (french: Les tueurs fous) is a 1972 Belgian
crime film
Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...
directed by
Boris Szulzinger
Boris Szulzinger is a Belgian author, filmmaker and film producer. He is known for ''The Lonely Killers'' (1972) and '' Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle'' (1975, directed with Picha). He was the founder of the group ''Cinédit'' with Boris Lehman.
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The film was selected as the Belgian entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
45th Academy Awards
The 45th Academy Awards were presented Tuesday, March 27, 1973, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California, honoring the best films of 1972. The ceremonies were presided over by Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Charlton Heston, ...
, but was not accepted as a nominee.
[Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]
Cast
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Georges Aminel
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Selected filmography
* ''Dangerous Turning'' (1954)
* ''Love in Jamaica'' (1957)
* '' Illegal Cargo'' (1958)
* '' Action Man'' ...
as Le journaliste
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Georges Aubert
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Marc Audier
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Christian Barbier
Christian Barbier (28 June 1924 – 3 November 2009) was a French film and television actor.
Barbier was born at Saint-Ouen, Seine (currently Seine-Saint-Denis), France. During his career (1964 to 1997), he specialized in drama rather t ...
as L'ouvrier
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Patricia Cornelis
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Marc de Géorgi
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Marc Delsaert
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Jean Droze
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Daniel Dury
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Franz Gouvy
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Daniel Horowitz
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Hubert Jeuken
See also
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References
External links
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1972 films
1972 crime films
1970s French-language films
Films directed by Boris Szulzinger
Belgian crime films
French-language Belgian films
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