Port of Marseille, France, recently liberated from the German yoke. Caught as stowaways aboard a ship, Manon, a young woman who was accused of collaborating with the Nazis, and Robert, a freedom fighter who saved her from reprisals, tell the captain about the many challenges they have had to face in order to survive.
Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot
paris, france
world war ii
illegal immigration
french resistance
post world war ii
boyfriend girlfriend relationship
nazi collaborationism
jewish refugee
lost in the desert
brother sister relationship
IMDB
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Letterboxd
3.4 / 5
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Cast
Serge Reggiani
Léon Lescaut
Michel Auclair
Robert Dégrieux
Cécile Aubry
Manon Lescaut
Andrex
Smuggler
Raymond Souplex
M. Paul
André Valmy
Lt. Besnard
Henri Vilbert
Ship Captain
Héléna Manson
Gossipy Woman
Simone Valère
Isé
Gabrielle Dorziat
Saleswoman
Dora Doll
Juliette
Gabrielle Fontan
Mme. Agnès
Crew
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Director
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Screenplay
Paul Misraki
Original Music Composer
Armand Thirard
Director of Photography
Carven
Costume Designer
Abbé Prévost
Novel
Louis Wipf
Production Director
Max Douy
Production Design
Popular Reviews
5 reviews
noceur
4.0★ · 08/22/25
i usually love Clouzot’s movies but this one started off light and quite unusual? i didn’t enjoy it that much but i couldn’t stop myself from watching. BIG MISTAKE. as a sensitive person the finale of the movie made me sick to my stomach and quite horrified. it’s so macabre and unsettling. it fulfilled it’s job but i’m for sure as hell not going to sleep tonight.
i usually love Clouzot’s movies but this one started off light and quite unusual? i didn’t enjoy it that much but i couldn’t stop myself from watching. BIG MISTAKE. as a sensitive person the finale of the movie made me sick to my stomach and quite horrified. it’s so macabre and unsettling. it fulfilled it’s job but i’m for sure as hell not going to sleep tonight.
