The Verdict (La Sentence) 64 years old

WW2 is coming to an end ;on the seaside,resistant fighters are captured and imprisoned in a basement ;within an hour ,all of them will be shot .An hour of fear ,of impossible dreams ,of false hopes .Based on a Bernanos play ,it sometimes recall ,by the subject of sacrifice (a sacrifice of an average human being is not an average one),"Dialogue Des Carmélites ",in which nuns ,during the French Revolution,were guillotined ,because they would have betrayed their faith if they had accepted the new rules).

Credits

The Verdict Cast

Name Character
Robert Hossein He was 31, now 96 years old as Georges
Lucien Raimbourg He was 55, 69 years old when he died
Marina Vlady She was 21, now 85 years old as Catherine
Roger Hanin He was 33, 89 years old when he died as Antoine
Béatrice Bretty She was 65, 88 years old when she died
Hans Verner He was 34, now 99 years old

The Verdict Crew

Name Department
Marcel Moussy as Writer. He was 35 (71) years old when He died Writing
Henri Decaë as Camera Operator. He was 44 (71) years old when He died Camera
Christine Gouze-Rénal as Producer. She was 44 (87) years old when She died Production
Jean Valère as Director. He was 34 (92) years old when He died Directing
The Verdict poster
The Verdict (64 years)

  • Release day: Friday, October 02, 1959