Twelve Hours By the Clock

Twelve Hours By the Clock
Directed by	Géza von Radványi
Written by	Pierre Boileau René Lefèvre Thomas Narcejac Jean-Louis Roncoroni Géza von Radványi
Produced by	Suzy Prim
Starring	Lino Ventura Eva Bartok Gert Fröbe
Cinematography	Henri Alekan
Edited by	René Le Hénaff
Music by	Léo Ferré
Production companies	Les Films Fernand Rivers Transocean-Film Estela Films
Distributed by	Les Films Fernand Rivers (France) Stella Film (W. Germany)
Release date	22 April 1959 (1959-04-22)
Running time	105 minutes
Countries	France West Germany
Language	German

Twelve Hours By the Clock (French: Douze heures d'horloge, German: Ihr Verbrechen war Liebe) is a 1959 French-West German crime drama film directed by Géza von Radványi and starring Lino Ventura, Eva Bartok and Gert Fröbe. It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice and on location around La Colle-sur-Loup and Villefranche-sur-Mer on the French Riviera. The film's sets were designed by the art director Eugène Piérac.

Synopsis

Three men break out of prison, but one of them is wounded during the escape. They make plans to flee the country but have to wait for twelve hours in a fishing village in order to make their getaway on a small boat.

Cast

• Lino Ventura as Albert Fourbieux
• Eva Bartok as Barbara
• Hannes Messemer as Serge
• Laurent Terzieff as Kopetzky
• Gert Fröbe as Le photographe Blanche
• Suzy Prim as Madame César
• Lucien Raimbourg as Monsieur César
• Gil Vidal as Maurice de Tercy
• Ginette Pigeon as Lucette
• Guy Tréjan as Armand - le gendarme
• René Worms as Le notaire
• Annick Allières as Louise - la bonne
• Fernand Bercher as Monsieur de Tercy
• Lucien Callamand as Le parrain de Lucette
• Paul Bisciglia as Octave

Bibliography

• Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1956-1960. Pygmalion, 1986.
• Jacobsen, Wolfgang & Belach, Helga. Fifty Years Berlinale. Nicolai, 2000.

External links

• Twelve Hours By the Clock at IMDb