Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer.
Dressmaker Lucille Lutien falls in love with painter and puppeteer Gaston Morell (John Carradine), who has a habit of strangling the women who model for his painting. As the police try to find the serial killer, sending Lucille’s sister undercover, Lucille remains in grave danger. Director Edgar G. Ulmer’s atmospheric recreation of 19th century Paris on no budget is enhanced by émigré cameraman Eugene Schüfftan’s extreme light and shadow.
PRC Pictures, Inc. Producer: Leon Fromkess. Screenwriter: Pierre Gendron. Editor: Carl Pierson. Cinematographer: Jockey A. Feindel. Cast: John Carradine, Jean Parker, Nils Asther, Ludwig Stossel, George Pembroke.
35mm, b/w, 70 min.
