Maldonne (Misdeal)

From the writers of Diabolique and Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, comes Maldonne. A musician named Jacques Christens, is given a proposition by old man. For ten million Francs he is asked to impersonate a certain Paul de Baer- a man who is supposedly exiled in the Amazon. Christens is told this scheme will save Mr. Baer from ruin. He wants nothing more than to complete his symphony in peace, but needs money and accepts the ten million. While living in Mr. Baer's villa, Christens begins to suffer a form of amnesia- as he comes to believe he actually is Mr. Baer. Maldonne, is a riveting classic of a French thriller form the late '60's.