The Impostor | |
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Directed by | Julien Duvivier |
Written by | Julien Duvivier Stephen Longstreet Marc Connelly Lynn Starling |
Produced by | Julien Duvivier |
Starring | Jean Gabin |
Cinematography | Paul Ivano |
Edited by | Paul Landres |
Music by | Dimitri Tiomkin |
Production company | Universal Pictures |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Impostor (aka Strange Confession) is a 1944 American drama war film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Jean Gabin. [1]
Clement (Gabin), a condemned murderer literally minutes away from the guillotine, is "liberated" when the Nazis bomb hit the French jail that holds him. During his escape he steals the uniform and identification papers of a dead French soldier. He then hides from the law by joining the Free French Forces in French Equatorial Africa. Clement's new identity and purpose in life reform him. In the end he sacrifices himself in service of his country.