Les Mains sales (1951)

Run Time: 1h43m | Release: 09 Aug 1951

Genres: Drama |

Production Countries: France

4.9 / 106 Vote Count

Overview:

A young intellectual, Hugo, joins the Communist Party out of a sense of idealism, only to see his principles manipulated by party leaders. He is given the assignment of killing Professor Hoederer, a party deviationist. However, he grows to admire the man and begins to have doubts about morals and revolutionary politics. But jealousy - Hugo thinks Hoederer has made love to his wife, Jessica - takes matters out of the political realm.