
A King Without Distraction
A policeman and a serial killer play cat and mouse in an isolated mountain village in Nineteenth century France. The second film directed by the man who played the admirable lead role in Robert Bresson's A Man Escaped is a stylized and intense adaptation of a novel by Jean Giono. This police investigation in a 19th century village combines visual beauty with the rigor of the mise-en-scène—the vertigo of the criminal motivations indivisible from the refined graphics of the images.
Top Billed Cast

Claude Giraud
le capitaine Langlois

Colette Renard
Clara

Charles Vanel
le procureur du roi

Albert Rémy
le maire

René Blancard
le curé
Featured Crew

François Leterrier
Director

Jean Giono
Writer

Maurice Jarre
Music
Jean Badal
Director of Photography
Philippe Ancellin
Production Design

Maurice Jarre
Original Music Composer

Jean Giono
Novel
Françoise Javet
Editor

Madeleine Nicolas
Costume Design
Jacques Bonpunt
Sound

Jean Giono
Producer
Nicole Gauduchon
Assistant Editor