Joyfully Chaotic, 'Why Don't You Play in Hell?' is a Must-See
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Short Memory (1979)
In this thriller, a UNESCO translator stumbles across a group which is hiding and supporting Nazis and facilitating their travel around the world. She had been given an assignment to study the work of a writer who recently had died, and the conspiracy is revealed in materials he left behind. She comes upon a young man who is going through the writer's papers, and she immediately assumes he must be one of the conspirators. However, he soon convinces her of his innocence in that regard, and the two together begin a search for the ringleader.
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In this thriller, a UNESCO translator stumbles across a group which is hiding and supporting Nazis and facilitating their travel around the world. She had been given an assignment to study the work of a writer who recently had died, and the conspiracy is revealed in materials he left behind. She comes upon a young man who is going through the writer's papers, and she immediately assumes he must be one of the conspirators. However, he soon convinces her of his innocence in that regard, and the two together begin a search for the ringleader.
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Genre:Thriller, Drama
Written By:Eduardo de Gregorio, Edgardo Cozarinsky
In Theaters:9/30/1979
Box Office:
Runtime:102 minutes
Studio:Unité Trois, Paradise Films
Cast
Eduardo de Gregorio
Director
Nathalie Baye
Judith Mesnil
Philippe Léotard
Frank Barila
Bulle Ogier
Geneviève Derhode
Xavier Saint-Macary
Le mari de Judith
Hermine Karagheuz
Irene Jaucourt
Jacques Rivette
Marcel Jaucourt
Claire Wauthion
Madame Mann
Adrian Brine
Monsieur Mann
Elisabeth Kaza
Madame Toth
Charles Marosi
Marie-Jaoul de Poncheville
La mère de Frank
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