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Crossroads

1938 · 69 min

A tense, shadowy drama of uncertain identity that keeps you guessing about the truth until the very last glance.

Directed by
Curtis Bernhardt
Genres
Drama
Starring
Charles Vanel, Jules Berry, Suzy Prim
Overview
A wealthy industrialist, Roger de Vetheuil, married, feels assured of aging in peace. Then appears a blackmailer who accuses him of being a usurper, actually called Jean Pelletier, a mobster well known to police. Vetheuil, judging himself slandered, refuses to listen to his tormentor and goes to the police. The man speaks. The scandal is public soon ...

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Directed by
Curtis Bernhardt
Genres
Drama
Starring
Charles Vanel, Jules Berry, Suzy Prim
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • deception
  • memory
  • guilt
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Curtis Bernhardt
Written by
Curtis Bernhardt, John H. Kafka, Robert Liebmann, André-Paul Antoine
Starring
Charles Vanel, Jules Berry, Suzy Prim, Tania Fédor, Marcelle Géniat, Jean Claudio, Annie France, Pierre Palau
Music
Paul Dessau
Cinematography
Léonce-Henri Burel, Georges Régnier
Runtime
69 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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