''Justice Is Done'' () is a 1950 French

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directed by

André Cayatte André Cayatte (; 3 February 1909 – 6 February 1989) was a French filmmaker, writer and lawyer, who became known for his films centering on themes of crime, justice, and moral responsibility. Biography Cayatte began his directoral career at ...

. It tackles the subject of

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by depicting a court case in which a woman is tried for killing her terminally ill employer at his request. It won the

Golden Lion The Golden Lion () is the highest prize given to a film at the Venice Film Festival. The prize was introduced in 1949 by the organizing committee and is regarded as one of the film industry's most prestigious and distinguished prizes. In 1970, a ...

at the

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. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in

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and on location around

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, Hérouville and

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Jacques Colombier.

Plot

Elsa Lundenstein is accused of having murdered her lover, who was terminally ill with throat cancer. The jury discusses the case vividly. All members are somehow prejudiced because of personal life experience and subsequently each member reads something different into the presented facts.

Cast

Michel Auclair Michel Auclair (born Vladimir Vujović, sr-cyr, Владимир Вујовић; 14 September 1922 – 7 January 1988) was an actor of Serbian and French ancestry, known best for his roles in French cinema. Auclair was born to a Serbian fat ...

as Serge Cremer * Antoine Balpêtré as Le président du tribunal (as Balpétré) * Raymond Bussières as Félix Noblet, le 5ème juré * Jacques Castelot as Gilbert de Montesson, le 1er juré * Jean Debucourt as Michel Caudron, le 7ème juré (as Jean Debucourt Sociétaire de la Comédie Française) * Jean-Pierre Grenier as Jean-Luc Flavier, le 3ème juré (as J.P. Grenier) * Claude Nollier as Elsa Lundenstein (as Claude Nollier de la Comédie Française) *

Marcel Pérès Marcel Pérès (born 15 July 1956, Oran, Algeria) is a French musicologist, composer, choral director and singer, and the founder of the early music group Ensemble Organum. He is an authority on Gregorian and pre-Gregorian chant. Pérès was ...

as Évariste Malingré, le 2ème juré (as Marcel Perès) *

Noël Roquevert Noël Roquevert (born Noël Louis Raymond Bénévent; 18 December 1892 – 6 November 1973) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1932 and 1972. Roquevert was born in Doué-la-Fontaine and was married ...

as Théodore Andrieux, le 6ème juré * Valentine Tessier as Marceline Micoulin, le 4ème juré *

Jean d'Yd Jean Paul Félix Didier Perret, who used the stage name Jean d'Yd, was a French actor and comedian who was born in Paris on 17 May 1880. He died in Vernon, Eure, France on 14 May 1964. Selected filmography *1923: ''La Dame de Monsoreau (film ...

as Le père supérieur * Agnès Delahaie as Nicole Vaudrémont *

Cécile Didier Cécile Didier (1888–1975) was a French stage actor, stage and film actress.Ball p.130 Selected filmography * ''Sister of Mercy (film), Sister of Mercy'' (1929) * ''His Other Love'' (1934) * ''Rasputin (1938 film), Rasputin'' (1938) * ''Hopes ( ...

as Mademoiselle Popélier, l'hôtelière * Juliette Faber as Danièle Andrieux * Anouk Ferjac as Denise * Dita Parlo as Elisabeth

Awards

''Justice Is Done'' is the first film to win two out of three highest prizes from the "Big Three" major international film festivals, including the

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and the

. The second, and so far only other film, is ''

The Wages of Fear ''The Wages of Fear'' () is a 1953 thriller film directed and co-written by Henri-Georges Clouzot, and starring Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck and Véra Clouzot. The film centres on a group of four down-on-their-luck European men w ...

''. ;Wins * 1st Berlin International Film Festival – Golden Bear (Thrillers and Adventures) * 11th Venice International Film Festival –

References

External links

* 1950 films 1950 drama films 1950s French films 1950s French-language films Films directed by André Cayatte Golden Lion winners Golden Bear winners French drama films French black-and-white films French courtroom films Films scored by Raymond Legrand French-language drama films Films with screenplays by Charles Spaak {{1950s-France-film-stub