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Café de Paris

1938 · 91 min

A talky, drawing-room-style whodunit that gathers suspects around a cafe table and lets conversation do the work.

Directed by
Georges Lacombe, Yves Mirande
Genres
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Starring
Jules Berry, Véra Korène, Jacques Baumer
Overview
This murder mystery is set in a Parisian cafe and examines the mysterious murder of a famed journalist and extortionist who is killed at his table in the cafe. Though the prime suspects are gathered together( including his wife and her lover, the gun-runner, the creditor, and a playboy) and all of them have motives, none of them did it. So whodunit?

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Directed by
Georges Lacombe, Yves Mirande
Genres
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Starring
Jules Berry, Véra Korène, Jacques Baumer
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    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • mystery
    • deception
    • betrayal
    Places
    • big city
    • workplace
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • ensemble
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
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    Action2
    Horror2
    Humour3
    Realism6
    Romance3
    Tension5
    Darkness5
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight4

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    Genres
    crime, mystery, thriller
    Directed by
    Georges Lacombe, Yves Mirande
    Starring
    Jules Berry, Véra Korène, Jacques Baumer, Pierre Brasseur, Simone Berriau, Julien Carette, Marcel Carpentier, Jean Coquelin
    Runtime
    91 min
    Country
    France
    Languages
    French

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