''The Verdict'' (french: La Sentence) is a 1959 French
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by
Jean Valère
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. It was entered into the
1st Moscow International Film Festival
The 1st Moscow International Film Festival was held from 3 to 17 August 1959. The Grand Prix was awarded to the Soviet film '' Destiny of a Man'' directed by Sergei Bondarchuk.
Jury
* Sergei Gerasimov (USSR - President of the Jury)
* Antonin Br ...
.
Cast
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Marina Vlady
Marina Vlady (born 10 May 1938) is a French actress.
Biography
Vlady was born in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine to White Russian immigrant parents. Her father was an opera singer and her mother was a dancer. Her sisters, now all deceased, were the ac ...
as Catherine Desroches
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Robert Hossein
Robert Hossein (30 December 1927 – 31 December 2020) was a French film actor, director, and writer. He directed the 1982 adaptation of ''Les Misérables'' and appeared in '' Vice and Virtue'', '' Le Casse'', '' Les Uns et les Autres'' and '' ...
as Georges Lagrange
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Roger Hanin
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as Antoine Castellani
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Lucien Raimbourg as François Lombard
* Béatrice Bretty as Jeanne Boissard
* Hans Verner as Le commandant SS (uncredited)
References
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1959 films
1959 drama films
French drama films
1950s French-language films
French black-and-white films
Films directed by Jean Valère
1950s French films
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