The Farm of Seven Sins (French: La Ferme des sept péchés) is a 1949 French historical drama film directed by Jean Devaivre and starring Jacques Dumesnil, Claude Génia and Aimé Clariond. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Hubert. Synopsis During the 1820s, a notorious opponent of France's Bourbon Restoration is murdered in his country house. The authorities investigate whether it was his friends or enemies who killed him. Awards The film won the Golden Leopard award at the 1949 Locarno International Film Festival Cast Jacques Dumesnil as Paul-Louis Courier Claude Génia as Herminie Aimé Clariond as Le marquis de Siblas Pierre Renoir as Le procureur Edmond de Chancey Alfred Adam as Symphorien Dubois Georges Grey as Pierre Dubois Palau as Le juge d'instruction / Examining judge Arthur Devère as Frémont Héléna Manson as Michèle Frémont dite La Michel Jacques Dufilho as François Sovignant René Génin as Le maire d'Azay Jean Vilar as L'homme gris / Grey man Georges Bever as Le maire de Luynes Jean Marchan as Guillaume Albert Broquin as Un paysan Harry-Max Julien Maffre as Un paysan Albert Malbert as Un paysan Henri Niel as L'aubergiste Marcel Pérès as Coupeau References Bibliography Crisp, Colin. French Cinema—A Critical Filmography: Volume 2, 1940-1958. Indiana University Press, 2015. External links 1949 films French black-and-white films Films directed by Jean Devaivre Golden Leopard winners 1940s French-language films French historical drama films 1940s historical drama films Films set in the 1820s 1949 drama films Films scored by Joseph Kosma 1940s French films