The Adventures of Arsène Lupin (1957)
"Les aventures d'Arsène Lupin" (original title)

Director:

Jacques Becker

Writers:

Jacques Becker, Maurice Leblanc (novel),

Stars:

Robert Lamoureux, Liselotte Pulver, O.E. Hasse

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Robert Lamoureux	...	André Larouche / Arsène Lupin / Aldo Parolini
Liselotte Pulver	...	Mina von Kraft
O.E. Hasse	...	Kaiser Wilhelm II
Daniel Ceccaldi	...	Jacques Gauthier
Georges Chamarat	...	Inspecteur Dufour
Huguette Hue	...	Léontine Chanu
Renaud Mary	...	Paul Desfontaines
Sandra Milo	...	Mathilde Duchamp
Paul Muller	...	Rudolf von Kraft
Henri Rollan	...	Le Président du Conseil Emile Duchamp
Margaret Rung	...	The English woman
Charles Bouillaud	...	Otto
Hubert de Lapparent	...	Jewelery salesman
Pierre Stéphen	...	Clérissy (as Pierre Stephen)
Jacques Becker	...	The kronprinz

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

thief | kidnapping | hidden treasure | double life | robber | 

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Genres:

Crime | Mystery

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Details

Country:

France Italy

Language:

French English German Italian

Release Date:

13 September 1957 (West Germany)

Also Known As:

The Adventures of Arsène Lupin

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cinéphonic, Société Nouvelle des Établissements Gaumont (SNEG), Lamber Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Kaiser Wilhelm II: Vous voyer monsieur, je m'éclaire encore au pétrole. Moi je déteste l'électricité.
André Larouche: Vous avez raison sir, c'est un éclairage barbare. Mais qui ne seras malheureusement pas abandonné de si tôt.

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Connections

Version of The Adventures of Arsène Lupin (1923)

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Soundtracks

"Fermons les Rideaux"
Lyrics by Maurice Boukay
Music by Paul Delmet

User Reviews

Neither Maurice Leblanc,nor Jacques Becker.

Jacques Becker 's talent was slowly but inexorably declining at the time:the precedent movie "Ali -Baba' was his biggest failure,and only his last movie,"le trou" returned him to former glories.

Maurice Leblanc's afficionados will be disappointed:this is an original screenplay,borrowing some elements from the short stories of "Arsène Lupin gentleman cambrioleur" (the lighter aspect of the writer)and incorporating some of "813" (but without the suspense and the diabolic atmosphere of this very long novel in which Lupin is completely defeated).But it's finally unambitious and uninteresting.It avoids the strong anti-German feel which we can find in the books though.Time had passed.

Robert Lamoureux is not Arsène Lupin at all;Edouard Molinaro will cast Jean-Claude Brialy as the famous hero with better results in his "Arsène Lupin contre Arsène Lupin" (1962),but nothing extraordinary.

We are still waiting for the director who will do Maurice Leblanc justice.