The Puritan
Le Puritain
Release: 1938-01-13
·Runtime: 85m
·★ 5.9
Drama
A religious fanatic finds his entire life and philosophy turned upside-down as he falls in love with a girl and kills her in a jealous rage. His search is for peace of mind and a desire to justify the murder of the girl to himself. His mind becomes distraught as he gropes trying to rationalize his deed and his world falls apart around him. A police inspector patiently and tirelessly stays on Barrault's trail, without putting him under arrest, though convinced he is the murderer, and waiting for the moment when he feels Barrault will break under the strain of his own religious fanaticism.
Production Countries
France
Cast
Pierre Fresnay
as Le commissaire Lavan
Viviane Romance
as Molly
Alexandre Rignault
as Le docteur O'Leary
Edmond van Daële
Jean-Louis Barrault
as Francis Ferriter
Ludmilla Pitoëff
as La tante de Thérésa
Georges Flamant
as Callaghan
Pedro Elviro
as Un agent de la Sûreté
Léon Bary
Pierre Labry
Marthe Mellot
as Madame Ferriter
Maurice Maillot
Louis-Jacques Boucot
as Monsieur Kelly
Mady Berry
as Madame Kelly
Jean Tissier
Marcel Delaître
as Le prêtre