
The Elegant Criminal
Drama
Overview
On 9 January 1836, Pierre Lacenaire goes to the guillotine, a murderer and a thief. He gives Allard, a police inspector, his life story, written while awaiting execution. He also asks Allard to care for Hermine, a lass to whom he has been guardian for more than ten years. In flashbacks, from the prison as Lacenaire writes, from Allard's study as he and Hermine read, and from other readers' memory after the book is published, we see Lacenaire's childhood as he stands up to bullies, including priests, his youthful thieving, his first murder, his brief army career, his seduction of a princess, and his affair with Avril, a young man who dies beside him.
Top Cast


Daniel Auteuil
Daniel Auteuil
Pierre-François Lacenaire
Daniel Auteuil
Pierre-François Lacenaire


Jean Poiret
Jean Poiret
Allard
Jean Poiret
Allard


Jacques Weber
Jacques Weber
Jacques Arago
Jacques Weber
Jacques Arago


François Périer
François Périer
Lacenaire's father
François Périer
Lacenaire's father


Geneviève Casile
Geneviève Casile
Lacenaire's mother
Geneviève Casile
Lacenaire's mother


Jean Davy
Jean Davy
Alphonse Damoiseau
Jean Davy
Alphonse Damoiseau


Jacques Duby
Jacques Duby
Marmignat
Jacques Duby
Marmignat


Paul Le Person
Paul Le Person
Vigouroux
Paul Le Person
Vigouroux


Maïwenn
Maïwenn
Hermine
Maïwenn
Hermine


Jacques Sereys
Jacques Sereys
Pertuizet
Jacques Sereys
Pertuizet
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