Twelve Hours By the Clock

Twelve Hours By the Clock
Directed byGéza von Radványi
Written byPierre Boileau
René Lefèvre
Thomas Narcejac
Jean-Louis Roncoroni
Géza von Radványi
Produced bySuzy Prim
StarringLino Ventura
Eva Bartok
Gert Fröbe
CinematographyHenri Alekan
Edited byRené Le Hénaff
Music byLéo Ferré
Production
companies
Les Films Fernand Rivers
Transocean-Film
Estela Films
Distributed byLes Films Fernand Rivers (France)
Stella Film (W. Germany)
Release date
  • 22 April 1959 (1959-04-22)
Running time
105 minutes
CountriesFrance
West Germany
LanguageGerman

Twelve Hours By the Clock (French: Douze heures d'horloge, German: Ihr Verbrechen war Liebe) is a 1959 French-West German crime drama film directed by Géza von Radványi and starring Lino Ventura, Eva Bartok and Gert Fröbe.[1][2][3] It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice and on location around La Colle-sur-Loup and Villefranche-sur-Mer on the French Riviera. The film's sets were designed by the art director Eugène Piérac.

Synopsis

Three men break out of prison, but one of them is wounded during the escape. They make plans to flee the country but have to wait for twelve hours in a fishing village in order to make their getaway on a small boat.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Jacobsen & Belach p.88
  2. ^ Bessy & Chirat p.260
  3. ^ https://www.unifrance.org/film/4574/douze-heures-d-horloge

Bibliography

  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1956-1960. Pygmalion, 1986.
  • Jacobsen, Wolfgang & Belach, Helga. Fifty Years Berlinale. Nicolai, 2000.