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Eight Men in a Castle

1942 · 93 min

A cozy yet shadowed whodunit that draws you into a provincial castle full of secrets, with a married writing duo trading banter as bodies pile up.

Directed by
Richard Pottier
Genres
Crime, Drama
Starring
René Dary, Jacqueline Gauthier, Louis Salou
Overview
The Paladines write crime novels together. In a cinema, they happen to see a report on the consequences of a shipwreck in which Lieutenant Dupuis tells about the death of an old man in the lifeboat carrying the survivors. Husband and wife agree that this could be the starting point of a new story and go and see Dupuis to get more details about the drama. When they come to his hotel Dupuis is dead with a bullet in his head. Police characterizes the death as suicide but Paladine has found a train ticket in the dead man's pocket. With his wife he takes the train to the specified destination, somewhere in the provinces...

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Directed by
Richard Pottier
Genres
Crime, Drama
Starring
René Dary, Jacqueline Gauthier, Louis Salou
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • mystery
  • deception
  • greed
  • betrayal
  • family
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour3
Realism6
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
crime, drama
Directed by
Richard Pottier
Written by
Jean Aurenche, Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Starring
René Dary, Jacqueline Gauthier, Louis Salou, Aline Carola, Georges Grey, Roger Champi, Jean Meyer, Jean Daurand
Cinematography
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Runtime
93 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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