The Verdict (La Sentence) 65 years old

WW2 is coming to an end ;on the seaside,resistant fighters are captured and imprisoned in a basement ;within an hour ,all of them will be shot .An hour of fear ,of impossible dreams ,of false hopes .Based on a Bernanos play ,it sometimes recall ,by the subject of sacrifice (a sacrifice of an average human being is not an average one),"Dialogue Des Carmélites ",in which nuns ,during the French Revolution,were guillotined ,because they would have betrayed their faith if they had accepted the new rules).

Credits

Robert Hossein as Georges

Lucien Raimbourg as

Marina Vlady as Catherine

Roger Hanin as Antoine

Béatrice Bretty as

Hans Verner as

The Verdict Cast

Name	Character
Robert Hossein He was 31, now 96 years old	as Georges
Lucien Raimbourg He was 55, 69 years old when he died
Marina Vlady She was 21, now 86 years old	as Catherine
Roger Hanin He was 33, 89 years old when he died	as Antoine
Béatrice Bretty She was 65, 88 years old when she died
Hans Verner He was 34, now 100 years old

The Verdict Crew

Name	Department
Marcel Moussy as Writer. He was 35 (71) years old when He died	Writing
Henri Decaë as Camera Operator. He was 44 (71) years old when He died	Camera
Christine Gouze-Rénal as Producer. She was 44 (87) years old when She died	Production
Jean Valère as Director. He was 34 (92) years old when He died	Directing

The Verdict (65 years)

Release day: Friday, October 02, 1959