The story of the mousy white-collar worker who falls in love with a prostitute, made by Jean Renoir in 1931, was remade by Fritz Lang in 1945, under the title Scarlet Street. A comparison would show a sharp contrast between two anarchists who do not have a lot else in common. Renoir is far more interested in the people as individuals than in the fatalistic plot construction. And consequently the story is rather stretched out of shape to give the actors elbow-room. Michel Simon, Janie Mareze. (1931) — Duncan Shepherd
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