At the end of the 19th century, during a ball in Joinville, on the outskirts of Paris, Georges, a former delinquent working as a carpenter, meets Marie, a young woman connected to a criminal gang.
- Genre: Drama, Crime, Romance
- Studio: Spéva Films, Paris-Film Production
- Keyword: jealousy, paris, france, male friendship, death sentence, guillotine, femme fatale, beautiful woman, carpenter, french noir, criminal gang, dance hall, 19th century, stabbed to death, belle epoque, gang moll
- Cast: Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Claude Dauphin, Raymond Bussières, Odette Barencey, Loleh Bellon