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Martin Roumagnac 1946

type: Movie

language: French

duration: 115 min

genre: crime

theme: romantic drama

director: Georges Lacombe

Score: 3 / 10

Martin Roumagnac (also known as The Room Upstairs) is a 1946 French crime film directed by Georges Lacombe. It tells the story of a builder in a small town who falls for a glamorous but treacherous femme fatale, with tragic results for both. It is notable as the only occasion in which the two major stars Jean Gabin and Marlene Dietrich, lovers in real life, appeared together on screen.

Plot

In a little country town, Martin Roumagnac is a building contractor who is liked by the ordinary people. He lives in a shack with his sister while he builds a villa on a plot he has bought. Into town with her uncle comes Blanche Ferrand, an exotic widow who married the owner of the seed and grain shop shortly before his death. Her target for next husband is Laubry, a retired diplomat with a dying wife, and while waiting she has an occasional lover. She also has to fend off a besotted schoolteacher.

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author	Pierre Véry
director	Georges Lacombe
editor	Germaine Artus
genre	crime drama
keywords	boxing match build disturb dying wife embarrass even lose married moving in nothing old man question reject retire run shadow turn upper class wait wed young man
musicBy	Giovanni Fusco
producer	Marc Le Pelletier Paul-Edmond Decharme
publisher	Gaumont Distribution
theme	romantic drama