"Based on true facts, a news item which was widely talked about in the nineteenth century, this is the story of a wife who might have poisoned her husband ."
Pierre Renoir
as Charles Lafarge
Marcelle Chantal
as Marie Lafarge-Capelle
Raymond Rouleau
as Maître Lachaud
Margo Lion
as Aména Lafarge
Sylvie
as Adélaîde Lafarge
Erich von Stroheim
as Denis
Florence Marly
as Emma Pontier
Berthe d'Yd
as Mlle. Brun
Auguste Bovério
as President of Assises
Sylvette Fillacier
as Clémentine
Pierre Palau
as Defoy
Lisette Missier
as Mlle. von Martens
Odette Talazac
as Innkeeper
Yvette Darnys
as A girl
Solange Sicard
Agnès Duval
as Catherine
René Bergeron
as Uncle Pontier
Paul Amiot
as The prosecuter
André Gabriello
as Rogue
Gustave Gallet
as Orfiela
Franck Maurice
as The Police Commisioner
Georges Douking
as Parent
Etienne Decroux
as A peasant
François Viguier
as An expert
Jean Bouzanquet
as A rider
Martial Rèbe
as A doctor
Georges Mauloy
as Director of the prison
Edmond Castel
as Secondary director of the prison
Marc Daray
as Forge
Paul Marthès
as A priest
Pierre Chenal
Director
André-Paul Antoine
Dialogue
Jean Aurenche
Screenplay
Story
Henri Calef
Ernest Fornairon
Book
Arnold Lipp
Arnold Pressburger
Producer
Christian Gaudin
Editor
Jean Oser
Robert Gys
Production Design
Eugène Lourié
Art Direction
Georges K. Benda
Costume Design
Hagop Arakelian
Makeup Artist
Ralph Baum
Production Manager
Herbert Lippschitz
Assistant Director
Robert Bugnon
Sound
Louis Page
Director of Photography
Theodore J. Pahle
Georges Auric
Original Music Composer