Stain in the Snow

Stain in the Snow (French: La neige était sale) is a 1954 French crime film directed by Luis Saslavsky and starring Daniel Gélin, Valentine Tessier and Marie Mansart. It was shot at the Photosonor Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert. It is based on a 1948 novel of the same title by Georges Simenon. It attracted audiences of over two million at the French box office. The setting was shifted from Nazi-occupied France to a fictional country under German occupation during the Second World War.

Synopsis
Frank is brought up in a brothel by his prostitute mother. As he grows up he becomes increasingly criminal and violent.

Cast

 * Daniel Gélin as 	Frank Friedmayer
 * Valentine Tessier as 	Mme Irma
 * Marie Mansart as 	Suzy Holtz
 * Daniel Ivernel as 	Krommer
 * Véra Norman as 	Moune
 * Nadine Basile as 	Bertha
 * Paul Faivre as 	Le concierge
 * Joëlle Bernard as 	Une fille
 * Camille Guérini as Le commissaire
 * Claude Vernier as 	L'officier
 * Jo Dest as Un Allemand
 * Robert Moor as 	Le professeur
 * Jean-Pierre Mocky as Le violoniste
 * Antoine Balpêtré as 	Holtz
 * Georges Tabet as 	Un Allemand