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HISTORY OF A CRIME

Histoire d'un crime

Directed by Ferdinand Zecca
France, 1901
Short, Crime, Drama
  • 55 minutes

Synopsis

A thief sneaks into an office where a banker is asleep. The banker is killed by the thief who robs the safe. Later in a café the police arrest the thief and take him to the morgue where he is confronted with the body of the banker.

Synopsis

A thief sneaks into an office where a banker is asleep. The banker is killed by the thief who robs the safe. Later in a café the police arrest the thief and take him to the morgue where he is confronted with the body of the banker.