The Judge and the Assassin
6.9
1976
2h 8m
HistoryCrimeDrama
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.
Key Crew
Director
Bertrand Tavernier
Producers
Raymond Danon
Writers
Bertrand Tavernier
Pierre Bost
Jean Aurenche
Cinematography
Pierre-William Glenn
Music
Philippe Sarde
Cast (23)
Philippe Noiret
Juge Rousseau
Michel Galabru
Joseph Bouvier
