Crime ·Thriller ·Comedy · France · 1961 · 1h 28m

The Black Monocle

Le Monocle noir

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Director
Georges Lautner
Cast
Paul Meurisse as Dromard, "Le Monocle" Bernard Blier as Commissaire Tournemire Elga Andersen as Martha / Erika Murger Pierre Blanchar as Le marquis de Villemaur Marie Dubois as Bénédicte de Villemaur Gérard Buhr as Heinrich
Crew
Maurice Fellous — Director of Photography Michelle David — Editor Jean Yatove — Original Music Composer Pierre Laroche — Writer Colonel Rémy — Novel Lucien Viard — Producer
Synopsis

The Marquis de Villemaur reunite strange visitors in his Castle, to meet a survivor of the Third Reich. There is an Italian fascist, Heinrich; a German, Matthias; a Russian; and Dromard, a blind French war hero with a black monocle.

Mood & Themes
spy thriller
Key Collaborators
Georges Lautner Director Maurice Fellous Director of Photography Michelle David Editor Jean Yatove Original Music Composer Pierre Laroche Writer Colonel Rémy Novel Lucien Viard Producer Robert Bouladoux Production Design Paulette Ten-Have Costume Design
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