Paris, France, during the First World War. While thousands of soldiers die every day on the battlefields, Henri Landru, a seemingly respectable furniture dealer, married and father of four children, relentlessly feeds his own sinister factory of death.

"The most shocking scandal Paris ever saw!"

Credits

Claude ChabrolDirector

Charles DennerHenri Landru

Michèle MorganMme Buisson

Danielle DarrieuxMme Héon

Hildegard KnefGerman Widow