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Justice Is Done
Justice Is Done
	French Poster
Directed by	André Cayatte
Written by	André Cayatte (screenplay); Charles Spaak (dialogue & screenplay)
Produced by	Robert Dorfmann
Starring	Valentine Tessier
Cinematography	Jean Bourgoin
Edited by	Christian Gaudin
Music by	Raymond Legrand
Distributed by	Coronis (France); Joseph Burstyn Inc. (US)
Release dates	20 September 1950 (France); 2 March 1953 (US);
Running time	95 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

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Justice Is Done (French: Justice est faite) is a 1950 French drama film directed by André Cayatte. It tackles the subject of euthanasia by depicting a court case in which a woman is tried for killing her terminally ill employer at his request. It won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris and on location around Versailles, Marly-le-Roi, Hérouville and Arronville. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier.

Plot

Elsa Lundenstein is accused of having murdered her lover. The jury discusses the case vividly. All members are somehow prejudiced because of personal life experience and subsequently each member reads something different into the presented facts.

Cast

Michel Auclair as Serge Cremer
Antoine Balpêtré as Le président du tribunal (as Balpétré)
Raymond Bussières as Félix Noblet, le 5ème juré
Jacques Castelot as Gilbert de Montesson, le 1er juré
Jean Debucourt as Michel Caudron, le 7ème juré (as Jean Debucourt Sociétaire de la Comédie Française)
Jean-Pierre Grenier as Jean-Luc Flavier, le 3ème juré (as J.P. Grenier)
Claude Nollier as Elsa Lundenstein (as Claude Nollier de la Comédie Française)
Marcel Pérès as Évariste Malingré, le 2ème juré (as Marcel Perès)
Noël Roquevert as Théodore Andrieux, le 6ème juré
Valentine Tessier as Marceline Micoulin, le 4ème juré
Jean d'Yd as Le père supérieur
Agnès Delahaie as Nicole Vaudrémont
Cécile Didier as Mademoiselle Popélier, l'hôtelière
Juliette Faber as Danièle Andrieux
Anouk Ferjac as Denise
Dita Parlo as Elisabeth

Awards

Justice Is Done is the first film to win two out of three highest prizes from the "Big Three" major international film festivals, including the Golden Bear and the Golden Lion. The second, and so far only other film, is The Wages of Fear.^{[citation needed]}

Wins

References

^ "1st Berlin International Film Festival: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2009-12-20.

External links

Justice Is Done at IMDb
Justice Is Done at AllMovie

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[Berlinale_1951-1] "1st Berlin International Film Festival: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2009-12-20.

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-'''''Justice Is Done''''' ({{lang-fr|'''Justice est faite'''}}) is a 1950 [[cinema of France|French]] [[drama film]] directed by [[André Cayatte]]. It tackles the subject of [[euthanasia]] by depicting a court case in which a woman is tried for killing her terminally ill husband at his request. It won the [[Golden Lion]] at the [[Venice Film Festival]].
+'''''Justice Is Done''''' ({{langx|fr|'''Justice est faite'''}}) is a 1950 [[cinema of France|French]] [[drama film]] directed by [[André Cayatte]]. It tackles the subject of [[euthanasia]] by depicting a court case in which a woman is tried for killing her terminally ill employer at his request. It won the [[Golden Lion]] at the [[Venice Film Festival]]. It was shot at the [[Saint-Maurice Studios]] in [[Paris]] and [[location shooting|on location]] around [[Versailles]], [[Marly-le-Roi]], [[Hérouville]] and [[Arronville]]. The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]] [[Jacques Colombier (art director)|Jacques Colombier]].
 ==Plot==
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 * [[Juliette Faber]] as Danièle Andrieux
 * [[Anouk Ferjac]] as Denise
+* [[Dita Parlo]] as Elisabeth
 ==Awards==
+''Justice Is Done'' is the first film to win two out of three highest prizes from the "Big Three" major international film festivals, including the [[Golden Bear]] and the [[Golden Lion]]. The second, and so far only other film, is ''[[The Wages of Fear]]''.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}
-The film is unique in that it won both the [[Golden Bear]] and the [[Golden Lion]].
 ;Wins
-* [[1st Berlin International Film Festival]] - [[Golden Bear|Golden Bear (Thrillers and Adventures)]]<ref name="Berlinale 1951">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1951/03_preistr_ger_1951/03_Preistraeger_1951.html |title=1st Berlin International Film Festival: Prize Winners |access-date=2009-12-20 |work=berlinale.de}}</ref>
+* [[1st Berlin International Film Festival]] – [[Golden Bear|Golden Bear (Thrillers and Adventures)]]<ref name="Berlinale 1951">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1951/03_preistr_ger_1951/03_Preistraeger_1951.html |title=1st Berlin International Film Festival: Prize Winners |access-date=2009-12-20 |work=berlinale.de}}</ref>
-* [[Venice Film Festival]] - [[Golden Lion]]
+* [[11th Venice International Film Festival]] – [[Golden Lion]]
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+* {{AllMovie title|145107|Justice Is Done}}
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