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Director:
Writer:
Jorge Semprún (writer)
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Release Date:
15 May 1974 (France) more
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Plot:
Irrestisible charm and talent helps Serge Alexandre alias Stavisky, small-time swindler, to make friends... more | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination more
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Current history makes Stavisky a must see more (9 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Jean-Paul Belmondo ... Serge Alexandre Stavisky
François Périer ... Albert Borelli
Anny Duperey ... Arlette
Michael Lonsdale ... Docteur Mézy
Roberto Bisacco ... Juan Montalvo de Montalbon
Claude Rich ... Inspecteur Bonny

Charles Boyer ... Le baron Jean Raoul
Pierre Vernier ... Me Pierre Grammont
Marcel Cuvelier ... Inspecteur Boussaud
Van Doude ... Inspecteur principal Gardet
Jacques Spiesser ... Michel Grandville
Michel Beaune ... Le journaliste maître-chanteur
Maurice Jacquemont ... Gauthier
Silvia Badescu ... Erna Wolfgang
Jacques Eyser ... Véricourt
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
L'empire d'Alexandre
Stavisky, il grande truffatore (Italy)
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Runtime:
120 min
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Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
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Trivia:
On February 7, 1934, the French Ministry of the Interior and the Paris Police Prefecture banned the showing of newsreel footage of the previous day's mêlée by right-wing royalists, war veterans and members of the anti-semitic, nationalist, anti-republican Action Francaise movement, who rioted to bring down the Daladier government over the Stavisky affair. The riots left 17 dead and 116 wounded. One Parisian cinema, Reginald Ford's Cineac Theatre, defied the censorship to show footage of the riots by the reactionary forces, which had been caught on-camera by French and foreign newsreel photographers. more
Movie Connections:
Version of Stolen Holiday (1937) more

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Current history makes Stavisky a must see, 9 March 2009
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Author: donmac117 from United States

If it were not for the stylistic excesses of Resnais, the epitome of auteur directors, this movie would rank with Citizen Kane and The Godfather. Too often, the cinematic tricks interfere with a powerful narrative, and distract from otherwise magnificent qualities of Stavisky, the movie. Seldom, has an acting ensemble delivered such consistent excellence. Belmondo, in the key leading role, delivers his character's development with perfection in every scene. Boyer's performance meets and surpasses all the great roles of his career. This is a movie that can only grow in importance with time.

Viewed during the financial crises of 2009, created with stunning derivative manipulations that parallel the voucher schemes of Stavisky, one sees history repeated. It is depressing to be reminded how we have ignored the lesson of history, and now we must live through the aftermath of financial corruption on a world wide scale that makes Stavisky's crimes pale in comparison.

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