The Judge and the Assassin(Movie, 1976)

Name: The Judge and the Assassin
Genre: History, Crime, Drama
Released: 1976
Duration: T02:8:00
Rating: 3.5

Original title: "Le Juge et l'Assassin" (French/FR)

2h 8min | Genres: History, Crime, Drama

Rating: 3.5/5 (with 48 votes)

The Judge and the Assassin (French: Le Juge et l'assassin) is a 1976 French drama film directed by Bertrand Tavernier that stars Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Michel Galabru, and Jean-Claude Brialy. Set in France in the 1890s, it shows the capture after a trail of rapes and murders of a possibly deranged ex-soldier, based on the historical Joseph Vacher, and how he is befriended by an ambitious judge who leads him into incriminating himself. The film won two César Awards in 1977. ()

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About The Judge and the Assassin

France, 1893. Joseph Bouvier attempts to shoot his love who refused to marry him and to commit suicide. Upon release from the filthy asylum where he was placed, with bullets still remaining in his head, he wanders the country roads and rapes and murders many teenagers over years. The judge Rousseau captures him, but to serve his ambition seeks to avoid that Bouvier is simply declared insane.

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Production country: France

Made by: Société Française de Production (SFP), Lira Films, France Regions 3

Original language: French (FR)

Spoken languages: French (FR), Vietnamese (VI)

Translated into 10 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date GR: 03/10/1976

Cast: Philippe Noiret, Michel Galabru, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Claude Brialy, Antoine Baud, Arlette Bonnard, Aude Landrey, Cécile Vassort, Christine Pascal, Daniel Russo, Didier Haudepin, François Dyrek, Gérard Jugnot, Gilles Dyrek, Jean Bretonnière, Jean-Claude de Goros, Jean-Marie Galey, Jean-Pierre Leroux, Jean-Pierre Sentier, Jean-Roger Caussimon, Marcel Azzola, Maurice Jacquemont, Michel Fortin, Monique Chaumette, Philippe Sarde, Renée Faure, Yves Robert, Liza Braconnier, René Morard

Director: Bertrand Tavernier

Producer: Raymond Danon

Screenwriter: Bertrand Tavernier, Jean Aurenche, Pierre Bost

Film Editor: Armand Psenny

Director of Photography: Pierre-William Glenn

Composer: Philippe Sarde

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"El juez y el asesino"

"O Juiz e o Assassino"

Keywords: 19th century, serial killer, asylum

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