L'affare Dominici
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Die Affäre Dominici
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L'Affaire Dominici
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El Affaire Dominici
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El affaire Dominici
director:
Claude Bernard-Aubert
playwright:
Daniel Boulanger
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Claude Bernard-Aubert
actor:
Jean Gabin
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Victor Lanoux
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Max Amyl
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Paul Crauchet
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Gérard Depardieu
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genre:
Crime
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Drama
language:
English
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French
length: 1h 45m
release date: 1973-03-07
IMDb: tt0068176
L'Affaire Dominici
overview
In August 1952, a family of British tourists is found by the roadside in Haute Provence, brutally murdered. In the ensuing, very public, investigation a local landowner, 75 year old Gaston Dominici, is arrested for the murders, having been denounced by his sons. Under police interrogation, Dominici confesses to have killed the family and it looks certain that he will be charged, tried and sentenced to death. But then the case begins to collapse. The old man retracts his confession and the lack of evidence against him becomes apparent…