The Elegant Criminal

Synopsis

On 9 January 1836, Pierre Lacenaire goes to the guillotine, a murderer and a thief. He gives Allard, a police inspector, his life story, written while awaiting execution. He also asks Allard to care for Hermine, a lass to whom he has been guardian for more than ten years. In flashbacks, from the prison as Lacenaire writes, from Allard's study as he and Hermine read, and from other readers' memory after the book is published, we see Lacenaire's childhood as he stands up to bullies, including priests, his youthful thieving, his first murder, his brief army career, his seduction of a princess, and his affair with Avril, a young man who dies beside him.

Main Cast

Daniel Auteuil

Pierre-François Lacenaire

Age : N/A | Popularity : 33%

Jean Poiret

Allard

Age : 65 | Popularity : 23%

Jacques Weber

Jacques Arago

Age : N/A | Popularity : 26%

François Périer

Lacenaire's father

Age : 82 | Popularity : 49%

Geneviève Casile

Lacenaire's mother

Age : N/A | Popularity : 10%

Jean Davy

Alphonse Damoiseau

Age : 89 | Popularity : 25%

Jacques Duby

Marmignat

Age : 89 | Popularity : 20%

Paul Le Person

Vigouroux

Age : 74 | Popularity : 25%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Francis Girod
Writing	Writer	Georges Conchon Francis Girod
Production	Producer	Ariel Zeitoun
Sound	Music	Laurent Petitgirard
Editing	Editor	Geneviève Winding
Crew	Cinematography	Bruno de Keyzer
Department	Role	Name

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