allegory,world war ii,identity crisis,double identity

The Man Who Lies (1968)

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A man may or may not have betrayed a resistance fighter during World War II. He has supposedly been shot down by the Nazis and wanders into town. Mourning the death of an unseen comrade, he is taken in by the family of the dead rebel. He engages in a superfluous affair and witnesses the lesbian relationship between the man's sister and a female servant. When passions subside, the family has doubts about the reliability of the man's story.

Cast & Crew

Director
Alain Robbe-Grillet
  • Profile picture of Jean-Louis Trintignant
    Jan Robin / Boris Varissa Jean-Louis Trintignant
  • Profile picture of Sylvie Bréal
    Maria Sylvie Bréal
  • Profile picture of Zuzana Kocúriková
    Laura Zuzana Kocúriková
  • Profile picture of Dominique Prado
    Lisa the Barmaid Dominique Prado
  • Profile picture of Catherine Robbe-Grillet
    Druggist Catherine Robbe-Grillet
  • Profile picture of Sylvia Turbová
    Sylvia Sylvia Turbová
  • Profile picture of Ivan Mistrík
    Jean Ivan Mistrík
  • Profile picture of Dušan Blaškovič
    Taverner Dušan Blaškovič

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Keywords

  • allegory
  • world war ii
  • identity crisis
  • double identity