Der Schnee war schmutzig

Stain in the Snow (French: La neige était sale) is a 1954 French crime film directed by Luis Saslavsky and starring Daniel Gélin, Valentine Tessier and Marie Mansart.[1] It was shot at the Photosonor Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert. It is based on a 1948 novel of the same title by Georges Simenon.[2] It attracted audiences of over two million at the French box office.[3] The setting if shifted from Nazi-occupied France to a fictional country under German occupation during the Second World War.[4]