The Judge and the Assassin backdrop

The Judge and the Assassin 1976 Directed by Bertrand Tavernier Le Juge et l'Assassin

France, 1893. Joseph Bouvier attempts to shoot his love who refused to marry him and to commit suicide. Upon release from the filthy asylum where he was placed, with bullets still remaining in his head, he wanders the country roads and rapes and murders many teenagers over years. The judge Rousseau captures him, but to serve his ambition seeks to avoid that Bouvier is simply declared insane.

Country France
Production Country France
Language French
Spoken Languages French , Vietnamese
Gneres Crime , Drama , History
Production Companies SFP , FR3 , Lira Films
Release Date 10 March 1976
128 mins
Cast
Philippe Noiret Juge Rousseau
Michel Galabru Joseph Bouvier
Jean-Claude Brialy Avocat Villedieu
Renée Faure Mme Rousseau
Cécile Vassort Louise Leseuer
Jean-Roger Caussimon Chanteur de rue
Jean Bretonnière Le député
François Dyrek Le cheminot libéré
Monique Chaumette La mère de Louise
Yves Robert Professeur Degueldre
Jean Amos Le gardien-chef
Gilbert Bahon Un roulant
Arlette Bonnard La fermière à la soupe
Liza Braconnier La religieuse de l'hôpital
Yvon Lec Le supérieur mariste
René Morard Un roulant
Bob Morel L'Âne Rouge
Eddy Roos Le premier curé (as Eddy Ross)
Jean-Pierre Sentier Un journaliste
Gérard Jugnot Le photographe