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
Alexandre Rignault
as Le docteur O'Leary
Ludmilla Pitoëff
as La tante de Thérésa
Pedro Elviro
as Un agent de la Sûreté
Pierre Labry
Léon Bary
Pierre Fresnay
as Le commissaire Lavan
Jean-Louis Barrault
as Francis Ferriter
Louis-Jacques Boucot
as Monsieur Kelly
Georges Flamant
as Callaghan
Jean Tissier
Mady Berry
as Madame Kelly
Marthe Mellot
as Madame Ferriter
Viviane Romance
as Molly
Marcel Delaître
as Le prêtre
Edmond van Daële
Maurice Maillot