France / May 19, 1979 / Cannes Directors' Fortnight
1h 42min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
In this thriller, a UNESCO translator stumbles across a group which is hiding and supporting Nazis and facilitating their travel around the world. She had been given an assignment to study the work of a writer who recently had died, and the conspiracy is revealed in materials he left behind. She comes upon a young man who is going through the writer's papers, and she immediately assumes he must be one of the conspirators. However, he soon convinces her of his innocence in that regard, and the two together begin a search for the ringleader.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Adrian Brine | Monsieur Mann |
| Benoît Jacquot | Le secrétaire de Monsieur Mann |
| Claire Wauthion | Madame Mann |
| Rachel Salik | Interprète à l'UNESCO |
| Martine Simonet | L'assistante aux Ballets Roses |
| Elisabeth Kaza | Madame Toth |
| Claude Ollier | Le père de Frank |
| Marie-Jaoul de Poncheville | La mère de Frank |
| Barbet Schroeder | Un invité au dîner |
| Liliane Becker | |
| Lauren Sedofsky |
Genres
ThrillerDrama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | La Mémoire courte |
| Original language | Français (FR) |
| Spoken languages | Français |
| Production countries | France |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Unité Trois, Paradise Films |
| Release date | 3 marzo 1982 |
| Production | Alain Dahan |
| Writer | Eduardo de Gregorio, Edgardo Cozarinsky |
| Editing | Nicole Lubtchansky |
| Cinematography | William Lubtchansky |
| Assistant directors | Eduardo de Gregorio |
| Camera operators | William Lubtchansky |
| Additional photography | William Lubtchansky |
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| Production design | Eric Simon |
| Art direction | Eric Simon |
| Set decoration | Eric Simon |
| Music | Michel Portal, Pierre Lorrain, Henri Morelle |
| Sound | Michel Portal, Pierre Lorrain, Henri Morelle |
| Costume design | Hilton McConnico |
| Makeup | Hilton McConnico |
| Hairstyling | Hilton McConnico |
Release dates
Premiere
United States / Sep 30, 1979 / New York Film Festival
Theatrical release
France / Mar 03, 1982
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