Thriller | Noir | France | French w/Eng subs | B&W | 83min | Director: Marcel Bluwal
Cast: Robert Hossein, Lea Massari, Robert Dalban, Maurice Biraud, Mag-Avril, André Badin
In this French Christmas noir, Albert Herbin (Robert Hossein) and Madame Dravet (Lea Massari) meet each other one Christmas Eve in the Parisian suburbs. They immediately hit it off and confide in each other. But the movie's real action takes place in a dark, threatening house, where a service elevator (monte-charge) leads to the flat. Marthe takes Robert to her home for a drink; he puts a small Christmas bird ornamant he bought on the Xmas tree, and they go for a stroll in the Parisan streets; when they come back, they discover two things - a dead corpse - and the bird ornament has disappeared.
aka: The Service Elevator and The Freight Elevator