Dirty Hands

Dirty Hands — Plot

A young intellectual, Hugo, joins the Communist Party out of a sense of idealism, only to see his principles manipulated by party leaders. He is given the assignment of killing Professor Hoederer, a party deviationist. However, he grows to admire the man and begins to have doubts about morals and revolutionary politics. But jealousy - Hugo thinks Hoederer has made love to his wife, Jessica - takes matters out of the political realm.

• Release date
• August 9, 1951
• Runtime
• 103 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Fernand Rivers

Dirty Hands — Cast

Pierre Brasseur Hoederer Daniel Gélin Hugo Claude Nollier Olga Jacques Castelot le prince Georges Chamarat Banine

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Monique Arthur Jessica Barine Marcel André Karski Roland Bailly Slick