Casque d'Or
★ 7.4 · 1952 · 99m · Drama · Crime · Romance
At the end of the 19th century, during a ball in Joinville, on the outskirts of Paris, Georges, a former delinquent working as a carpenter, meets Marie, a young woman connected to a criminal gang.
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