| Strange Inheritance | |
| Director: | Louis Daquin |
| Producer: | Robert Chabert Marcel Roux |
| Based On: | Strange Inheritance by Georges Simenon |
| Starring: | Assia Noris Jules Berry Gabrielle Dorziat |
| Music: | Roger Désormière Jean Wiener |
| Cinematography: | André Thomas |
| Editing: | Suzanne de Troeye |
| Studio: | Francinex Consorzio EIA |
| Distributor: | Films Emka CEIAD |
| Runtime: | 102 minutes |
| Country: | France Italy |
| Language: | French |
Strange Inheritance or The Traveller on All Saints' Day (French: Le voyageur de la Toussaint, Italian: Il viaggiatore d'Ognissanti) is a 1943 French-Italian mystery film directed by Louis Daquin and starring Assia Noris, Jules Berry, Gabrielle Dorziat and Guillaume de Sax.[1] It is an adaptation of the 1941 novel of the same title by Georges Simenon.[2] [3]
The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert. It was made as a co-production between Occupied France and Fascist Italy.[4]
On a misty November day a young man makes a returns to his hometown of La Rochelle following the death of his Uncle, who has left him his entire fortune. He finds his upper-class family resent him because his parents were both music hall entertainers. He begins to investigate the circumstances of his uncle's suspicious death.