the Back with the wall is a French comedy, carried out by Edouard Molinaro in 1967.

Synopsis

The industrialist Jacques Decrey deeply loves his wife, Gloria. One day, he discovers that she has a lover and decides to make it sing under a name of loan, Louis Berthier, then to make pass his lover, a young actor of the name of Yves Normand, for the Master singer. It arrives to provide proof with Gloria distorts it which the Master singer is not other than Yves. Believer whom the man whom she loves betrayed it, she tries to commit suicide but at the time or Yves wants to disarm it, she kills it accidentally. To avoid the troubles, Jacques buries the body in a wall of construction of his factory. A beautiful morning of Christmas, Gloria falls under a passport from Jacques, in the name of Louis Berthier. Having included/understood all the setting in scene, it commits suicide, after having written a letter with the police force, in whom it denounces Jacques as being the author of the crime…

Data sheet

• Realization: Edouard Molinaro

• Scenario: Frederic Dart, Edouard Molinaro, Jean Redon, François Chavane, according to the novel of Frederic Dart " Deliver to us mal"
• Dialogs: Frederic Dart, Jean-Louis Roncoroni, Jean Redon
• Assistant realizer: Claude Sautet
• Images: Robert Lefebvre, assisted of Gerard Sarthre
• Operator: Roger Delpuech
• Directing of the production: Irenee Leriche, Robert Sussfeld
• Sound: Pierre Bertrand
• Production: Cinéphonic, Gaumont
• Distributer: Producing Gaumont
• : Alain Poiré, François Chavane
• Music: Horned Richard
• Decorations: Georges Levy, assisted of Jacques Brizzio
• Assembly: Robert and Monique Isnardon
• Script girl: Claude Levillain
• Manager: Pierre Cosson
• Make-up: Lina Roller
• Hairstyles: Simone Knapp
• Photographer of plate: Jean-Louis Castelli
• Turning from November 13rd to December 24th, 1957
• Year: 1958
• Lasted: 93 minutes
• Film 35mm, black and white
• Kind: Dramatic comedy
• First presentation the 3/7/1958

Distribution

• Gerard Oury: Jacques Decrey, industrialist

• Jeanne Moreau: Gloria Decrey, its wife
• Philippe Nicaud: Norman Yves, young actor, lover of Gloria
• Jean Lefebvre: Mauvin, the private detective
• Micheline Luccioni: The postière
• Claire Maurier: Ghislaine
• Jean Michaud: The minister
• Albert Michel: The caretaker
• Colette Renard: Josiane Mauvin, the woman of the detective
• Rene Berthier: The priest
• Robert Béal: Master Lombard, the lawyer
• Jean-Marc River: Paul
• Gerard Buhr: Mario
• Jean Clears gravel: The jeweller
• Jacqueline Noëlle: Entraîneuse the
• Philippe Olive: Henri
• Pascal Mazzotti: Jerome the servant
• Bernard Musson: The impatient customer at the post office
• Paul Mercey: A guest
• Genevese Emile: The pump assistant
• Pierre Mirat Mr. Lacourt, a tenant
• Georges Cusin
• Robert Basil
• Richard Francoeur: A guest
• Gilbert Edard
• Jean Besnard
• Francoise Honorat
• Joelle Janin
• Marguerite Lorne
• Jacques Mancier: Mr. Berdaux, a collaborator
• Suzanne Martichoux
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• Raoul Billerey
• max Doria
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