Uncertainty and fear of the unknown are
the hallmarks of this classic film noir by master director Lang, which, until the last revelation, is guaranteed to puzzle and chill the viewer.
The uncomplicated yet ingeniously knotted plot takes a
classic noir murder — a man killing his lover's husband so they can be together — strips away the genre clichés and infuses the
film with the introspective moodiness, dynamic camerawork, unadorned location shots, and stylized but emotionally naked performances that would become a
hallmark of the New Wave pictures that followed by Francois Truffaut, Jean - Luc Godard, Claude Chabrol, Jacques Rivette, Eric Rohmer and Malle himself.