The Faceless Enemy (French: L'ennemi sans visage) is a 1946 French crime film directed by Robert-Paul Dagan and Maurice Cammage and starring Louise Carletti, Frank Villard and Jean Tissier.[1] It was based on the novel of the same title by Stanislas-André Steeman.[2] It featured his long-running detective Inspector Wens [fr]. The film's sets were designed by the art director Marcel Magniez.

The Faceless Enemy
Directed byRobert-Paul Dagan
Maurice Cammage
Written byRené Wheeler
Based onThe Faceless Enemy by Stanislas-André Steeman
Produced byPaul Guien
Maurice Saint-Lou
StarringLouise Carletti
Frank Villard
Jean Tissier
CinematographyPaul Cotteret
Edited byTonka Taldy
Music byMarcel Stern
Production
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Stella Productions
Distributed byCinelde
Release date
  • 9 October 1946 (1946-10-09)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Synopsis

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A professor needs to do experiments on a living body, and so he is assigned a condemned man. However soon the scientist is found dead and the convict has escaped. Inspector Wens takes over the case.

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References

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  1. ^ Hardy p.37
  2. ^ Goble p.440

Bibliography

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  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Hardy, Phil. The BFI Companion to Crime. A&C Black, 1997.
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