Does We Are All Murderers end with hope?

No. Less hopeful than 98% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is We Are All Murderers sad?

Yes, very. More sad than 96% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is We Are All Murderers scary?

Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is We Are All Murderers easy watching?

No. Less comforting than 92% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is We Are All Murderers violent?

Yes. More violent than 80% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

We Are All Murderers

Name: We Are All Murderers
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1952
Duration: 117 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Marcel Mouloudji, Raymond Pellegrin, Antoine Balpêtré, Julien Verdier, Claude Laydu

Directed by André Cayatte

Produced by Jolly Film, UGC Films

1952117 min6.7 / 10

A bleak, intellectually rigorous indictment of capital punishment that deliberately refuses to humanize its murderers while condemning the dehumanizing machinery of state execution.

Originally titled Nous Sommes Tout des Assassins, We Are All Murderers was directed by Andre Cayette, a former lawyer who detested France's execution system. Charles Spaak's screenplay makes no attempt to launder the four principal characters (Marcel Mouloudji, Raymond Pellegrin, Antoinine Balpetre, Julien Verdeir): never mind the motivations, these are all hardened murderers. Still, the film condemns the sadistic ritual through which these four men are brought to the guillotine. In France, the policy is to never tell the condemned man when the execution will occur--and then to show up without warning and drag the victim kicking and screaming to his doom, without any opportunity to make peace with himself or his Maker. By the end of this harrowing film, the audience feels as dehumanized as the four "protagonists." We Are All Murderers was roundly roasted by the French law enforcement establishment, but it won a special jury prize at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.

Clusters

Realistic Films About Cruelty Movies About Institutional Injustice Consequences Of Wrongdoing Death Penalty Films Racism And Social Injustice

Genres

Crime Drama

Keywords

Capital Punishment Social Critique

Questions people ask

Does We Are All Murderers end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 98% of films.
Is We Are All Murderers sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.
Is We Are All Murderers scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.
Is We Are All Murderers easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.
Is We Are All Murderers violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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