Film · 1961

Thou Shalt Not Kill

Name: Thou Shalt Not Kill
Director: Claude Autant-Lara
Genre: Drama
Released: 1961-09-05
Rating: 7.9

128 min · Directed by Claude Autant-Lara

Drama

7.919
ratings

At the end of World War II, a French pacifist is arrested for refusing to fight. In prison, he befriends a German priest arrested for murder of a French Resistance fighter. They discuss morality, obedience, and religion.

Cast

Laurent Terzieff

Jean-François Cordier

Horst Frank

Adler

Suzanne Flon

Madame Cordier

Miloje 'Mića' Orlović

Major

Marijan Lovrić

Kapetan

V

Vladeta Dragutinović

Stajn

Petar Banićević

Rober

Jovan Gec

I

Ivo Jakšić

Zoran Milosavljević

Z

Zvonko Jovčić

M

Milivoje 'Mavid' Popović

A

Aleksandar 'Aca' Stojković

S

Slobodan Simić

Crew

Director: Claude Autant-Lara
Producer: Moris Ergas
Writer: Jean Aurenche
Editor: Madeleine Gug, Inès Collignon
Cinematography: Jacques Natteau
Composer: Charles Aznavour, Bernard Dimey

Details

Studios: Lovćen film, Gold Film Anstalt
Countries: France, Italy, Liechtenstein
Languages: French, Serbo-Croatian
Release: September 5, 1961

Themes

christianityworld war iipacifismmilitary courtconscientious objectormilitary prisonpriestmoralityroman catholic churchcatholicismethicspost-war years

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