Jacques Chabassol

Casado felizmente con Denise y disfrutando de una vida tranquila, Stefan creía haber enterrado su pasado como agente secreto. Pero un día su viejo colega Milan le hace una visita. Le pide que contacte con su antiguo jefe Lenzy, que ahora trabaja por su cuenta, para conseguir unos importantes documentos en su poder. Stefan se niega, pero Milán secuestra a su esposa para obligarlo.

In Romagna, an Italian district, at the beginning of the twentieth century, the owners of an estate are the professor Edoardo, always lost in reveries, and his wife Maria. They have a son, Robertino, who has a friend: Zvanin. Zvanin is the son of Mingòn and Marianna, two peasants. Dolly is an american cousin and every summer she comes in Romagna. The movie narrates their stories over the years until the post I World War period.

Hijo del gran fiscal Andergast, Etzel quiere revisar el caso Maurizius, cuya condenación se basó en suposiciones. Ese caso permitió a su padre, 18 años antes, comenzar una gran carrera, pero Etzel quiere tener la conciencia limpia.

The title of this French "reality" drama, which translates to Before the Deluge, is a play on Louis XVI's famous prognostication, "Apres moi, le deluge." Set in 1950, the film concentrates on five Parisian adolescents. Certain that the next war will herald the apocalypse, the youngster make plans to run off to a desert island and set up a new society. This, however, will require money, which is why the boys decide to pull off a "necessary" robbery. Idealism collapses in the face of cold reality, as the five youths suffer from the consequences of their actions. Avant le Deluge was one of a group of films cowritten by director Andre Cayatte and Charles Spaak which endeavored to explore the touchy social issues of the day: others in the Cayatte-Spaak canon include the euthanasia-themed Justice est Faite and the capital-punishment tract Nous sommes tous des assassins.