Stain on the Snow(1953)

movie - first aired/released 1953-03-26 - 110 min - audience 6.3

Mystery, Drama, Crime

Directed by Luis Saslavsky

"La neige était sale" is based on a novel and play by the phenomenally prolific Georges Simenon. Upon learning that his mother was a prostitute, Frank (Daniel Gélin) dejectedly vows that he, too, will live a life of debauchery. Part of his self-degradation program is to kill someone, and since the story takes place during the Nazi occupation of France, he chooses a German officer as his victim. His steady descent into psychosis and depravity becomes his ultimate undoing.