Un roi sans divertissement/A King Without Distraction (1963)

When young girls continue to disappear from a small, snowbound village, the police sent an officer out to investigate. The officer is approached by a retired government worker who contends the killer is probably someone like themselves. The old man theorizes the murderer kills out of extreme boredom just to liven things up. The policeman follows the clues that lead to the old man. After he kills the old man, the officer is overtaken by the same urge to kill that plagued his adversary.

Hiver 1840. Langlois, jeune capitaine de gendarmerie, enquete sur la disparition d'une jeune fille sur le plateau neigeux de l'Aubrac. Peu apres son arrivee, une fillette disparait a son tour. Langlois suit une piste et decouvre les jeunes filles etranglees avec un lacet. Ayant vu le meurtrier, il se lance a sa poursuite.

Director: Francois Leterrier
Stars: Claude Giraud, Colette Renard and Charles Vanel
Production land: France
Premiere Date: 30 August 1963 France
IMDb - 7.0 (71 votes)