Jeu de la vérité, Le (1961)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Robert Hossein

Writers:

Robert Chazal (adaptation)
Robert Chazal (scenario)

Release Date:

26 November 1961 (France)

Genre:

Crime | Mystery

Cast

Robert Hossein	...	Inspector
Françoise Prévost	...	Guylaine
Paul Meurisse	...	Portrant
Jean Servais	...	Jean-François Vérate
Nadia Gray	...	Solange Vérate
Tiny Yong	...	Girl (as Thien-Huong)
Perrette Pradier	...	Florence
Jeanne Valérie	...	Françoise Bribant
Georges Rivière	...	Bertrand Falaise
Jean-Louis Trintignant	...	Guy de Fleury
Jacques Dacqmine	...	Guillaume Geder
Marc Cassot	...	Etienne Bribant
Daliah Lavi	...	Gisèle

Also Known As:

The Game of Truth

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Cocinor

Play the game of truth at your own risk.

Another Robert Hossein little gem that should be restored to favor.It might be ,relatively speaking,his discreet charm of the bourgeoisie. A dozen of elegant people are gathered in a writer's desirable mansion .In the grand tradition of Agatha Christie ,they all have got something to hide.They begin a cruel game of truth ,a game where you're not supposed to tell lies.As the questions become more and more intimate and precise,the tempers rise ,while outside the storm is raging.Enter a hateful person (played by Paul Meurisse ,the nasty headmaster in "les diaboliques") who seems to know a lot about them.He's murdered.Whodunit?

Hossein creates a stifling atmosphere and although the characters do not move outside of the apartment,he avoids stage filmed production traps.Good cast including Jean-Louis Trintignant ,Jean Servais and Robert Hossein himself.Cast and credits come at the end only ,like in many films of today."Continuously" best describes its construction.