"Un Crime" takes place over a single night, between 10pm and 6am. It takes place in a single setting - a millionaire's apartment in Lyon. The film is about the conflict between two men, alone, face to face in the closed world of the apartment. The first man is a famous lawyer named Dunand. The second is Frédéric Chapelin-Tourvel, Dunand's rich client, twenty years his junior. Throughout the night, Dunand tries to track down the truth. Did Frédéric kill his father and mother, in particularly barbarous circumstances ?

Georges Lajoie is a Parisian café owner. As every summer, Georges, his wife Ginette and grown-up son Léon go on holiday to Loulou's campsite, where they meet up with the Schumacher family (whose father is a bailiff) and the Colin family (who sells bras in the markets). This year, their peace is slightly disturbed by the proximity of a construction site where foreign workers are employed. Xenophobic comments are made. One evening at the ball, a fight breaks out between Lajoie, Albert Schumacher and two algerian immigrant workers...

The film tells the story of the Yugoslav destroyer Zagreb which fights against Germany in 1941, and how some of the crew members try to organise a mutiny to keep fighting when the commander is ordered to surrender.

At the beginning of the movie a pharmacist receives an anonymous letter that threatens him of death. And the murder actually happens. Seems very simple but nothing is what it seems and the journey to the truth will be long and difficult. The book is excellent and the movie is at par with it and very faithful to the romance. Great direction. Incredible cast with Gabriele Ferzetti in his best interpretation together with the one in "C'era una volta il West" and Gianmaria Volonté simply beyond reach as always. Many other great actors. Yes I am an enthusiast 'cause there's not a word or a shot out of place in this movie and the plot is ingenious. Who is going to see this film for the first time will be taken away by the developments (the pace seems to be calm but looking in between the kinks you may realize that many things are going rapidly on). Trying to figure out what is the kernel of the happenings and the "reasons" for the murder is a very interesting exercise but it's highly unlikely for the spectator not to experience a big surprise at the end. In my opinion Elio Petri at his best (I mean at the same level of his other masterwork: La classe operaia va in Paradiso).

译制：上海电影译制厂1983年译配
翻译：徐志仁
导演：孙渝烽
录音：龚政明
配音：乔榛 曹雷 于鼎 杨文元 童自荣 扬晓 尚华 严崇德
国家武器装备局局长勒鲁瓦将价值1450亿旧法郎的武器售与非洲国家汤戈，他又同意法国情报局长若班的计划，通过军火商梅斯朗暗地里将一批军火卖给“扎南”地区的反叛者。这样不仅赚取了巨额利润，而且可以在这一场鹬蚌相争中，使法国在这一地区享有特权。勒鲁瓦和若班把这种明明是肮脏的交易说成是“国家利益”。勒鲁瓦大言不惭宣称，如果法国不能大规模生产武器，法国经济就会受到严重损害，1300多家兵工厂将关闭，27万名工人就会失业。法国生物学家马罗教授反对战争，对于政府公开贩卖军火的勾当深恶痛绝。当勒鲁瓦受到国防部长嘉奖时，马罗教授立即在报上发表文章揭露勒鲁瓦贩卖军火的丑行。不久，马罗去罗马参加国际生物学年会，收到了记者维托里奥送来的关于勒鲁瓦、若班同时向汤戈政府及扎南地区出售军火的材料，并有他俩在扎南活动的照片，马罗对此极为气愤。为维护和平，他告别好友罗马大学生物教授安杰拉女士，准备返回法国揭露当局的罪行。他同和平协会负责人穆兰商量的计划被告密者泄露了。当马罗教授乘车返回巴黎时，若班下令特工制造“车祸”，使马罗翻车丧生。马罗教授的死讯引起了安杰拉的怀疑，她深信，马罗是当局为了杀人灭口而牺牲的。她决心冒生命危险去巴黎揭露真相。安杰拉抵巴黎后，得到马罗生前好友们的支持，准备在第二天晚上举行记者招待会，公布马罗教授让她保存的复制件。勒鲁瓦闻讯，就在当晚亲自出马，威胁利诱安杰拉，企图迫使安杰拉就范。安杰拉顶住了巨大压力，表示要坚决斗争到底。第二天，若班下毒手了，当安杰拉在穆兰陪同下准备去参加记者招待会，人刚出门，就被警方强行拘留，而且指控安杰拉是为美国中央情报局服务，一直在从事损坏法国名声的勾当。在假证面前，安杰拉严词反驳，当然无济于事，因为安杰拉的对手是一个国家政权机构。勒鲁瓦已为安杰拉作好安排，她被送到纽约的当天晚上就被特务暗害。法国广播台却向法国人民报导安杰拉服毒自杀。为了维护和平，反对战争，马罗和安杰拉这些正义的人们，在“国家利益”的美名下一个个被置于死地。肮脏的军火交易仍在继续……