---
title: 'Stain in the Snow (1953)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Luis Saslavsky'
released: '1953-03-26'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/stain-in-the-snow-1953'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0143764/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Stain in the Snow (1953)

1953 · Drama · France

Original title: La neige était sale

## Synopsis

Stain in the Snow is a 1954 French crime film directed by Luis Saslavsky and starring Daniel Gélin, Valentine Tessier and Marie Mansart. It was shot at the Photosonor Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert. It is based on a 1948 novel of the same title by Georges Simenon. It attracted audiences of over two million at the French box office. The setting was shifted from Nazi-occupied France to a fictional country under German occupation during the Second World War.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Luis Saslavsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/luis-saslavsky)
- **Screenplay:** [Luis Saslavsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/luis-saslavsky), [André Tabet](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-tabet)
- **Original Music Composer:** [René Cloërec](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-cloerec)
- **Director of Photography:** [André Bac](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-bac)

## Cast

- [Georges Tabet](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-tabet)
- [Valentine Tessier](https://cinepixo.com/people/valentine-tessier)
- [Frédéric Valmain](https://cinepixo.com/people/frederic-valmain)
- [Pierre Duncan](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-duncan)
- [Nadine Basile](https://cinepixo.com/people/nadine-basile)
- [Robert Moor](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-moor)
- [Joëlle Bernard](https://cinepixo.com/people/joelle-bernard)
- [Henri San Juan](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-san-juan)
- [Jimmy Urbain](https://cinepixo.com/people/jimmy-urbain)
- [Paul Faivre](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-faivre)
- [Claude Vernier](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-vernier)
- [Robert Mercier](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-mercier)
- [Daniel Ivernel](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-ivernel)
- [Camille Guérini](https://cinepixo.com/people/camille-guerini)
- [Andrée Tainsy](https://cinepixo.com/people/andree-tainsy)

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