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Rififi

Original title: Du rififi chez les hommes
  • 19551955
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 58m
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8.1/10
35K
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Rififi (1955)
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Four men plan a technically perfect crime, but the human element intervenes...Four men plan a technically perfect crime, but the human element intervenes...Four men plan a technically perfect crime, but the human element intervenes...
IMDb RATING
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35K
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    • Jules Dassin
    • Auguste Le Breton(novel "Du rififi chez les hommes")
    • Jules Dassin(adaptation)
    • René Wheeler(collaboration)
  • Stars
    • Jean Servais
    • Carl Möhner
    • Robert Manuel
    • Jules Dassin
    • Auguste Le Breton(novel "Du rififi chez les hommes")
    • Jules Dassin(adaptation)
    • René Wheeler(collaboration)
  • Stars
    • Jean Servais
    • Carl Möhner
    • Robert Manuel
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 146User reviews
    • 113Critic reviews
    • 97Metascore
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    Videos2

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    Pierre Grasset, Robert Hossein, Marcel Lupovici, and Magali Noël in Rififi (1955)
    Carl Möhner and Jean Servais in Rififi (1955)
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    Jean Servais in Rififi (1955)
    Marcelle Hainia and Marcel Lesieur in Rififi (1955)
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    Marcel Lesieur and Jean Servais in Rififi (1955)
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    Jean Servais
    Jean Servais
    • Tony le Stéphanois
    Carl Möhner
    Carl Möhner
    • Jo le Suédois
    Robert Manuel
    Robert Manuel
    • Mario Ferrati
    Janine Darcey
    Janine Darcey
    • Louise
    Pierre Grasset
    Pierre Grasset
    • Louis Grutter dit le Tatoué
    Robert Hossein
    Robert Hossein
    • Remi Grutter
    Marcel Lupovici
    Marcel Lupovici
    • Pierre Grutter
    Dominique Maurin
    • Tonio
    Magali Noël
    Magali Noël
    • Viviane
    Marie Sabouret
    Marie Sabouret
    • Mado les Grands Bras
    Claude Sylvain
    Claude Sylvain
    • Ida Ferrati
    Jules Dassin
    Jules Dassin
    • Cesar le Milanais
    • (as Perlo Vita)
    Armandel
    • Second Gambler
    Alain Bouvette
    • Footman, 'L'Age D'Or'
    Alice Garan
    André Dalibert
    André Dalibert
    • Webb, le bijoutier
    • (as Dalibert)
    Jacques David
    • Le commissaire
    Émile Genevois
    • Charlie
      • Jules Dassin
      • Auguste Le Breton(novel "Du rififi chez les hommes") (collaboration) (dialogue)
      • Jules Dassin(adaptation)
      • René Wheeler(collaboration)
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      The much imitated heist sequence is over 32 minutes long and contains not a single line of dialogue or music. The production crew and composer Georges Auric thought it would be a disaster to have such a long sequence sans dialogue. Auric insisted that he allow him to write a grand piece of music for the scene and he eventually did on his own. Later Dassin played the part for Auric twice, once with the score, once without. Auric turned to him and admitted, "Without the music".
    • Goofs
      When the "modest" Mario gets out of the bathtub, one can see briefly that he has boxer shorts on.
    • Quotes

      Louise: There's something I always wanted to tell you. There are kids, millions of kids who've grown up poor. Like you. How did it happen? What difference was there between them and you, that you became a hood, a tough guy, and not them? Know what I think, Jo? They're the tough guys, not you.

    • Alternate versions
      West German theatrical version was shortened by ca. 8 minutes (the poker scenes, the telephone scene with Jo and his wife, Mario's funeral, small dialogue scenes of Tony meeting various people, Tony finding Jo's corpse, Tony shooting an already dead gangster). This version was also broadcast on TV.
    • Connections
      Edited into The Clock (2010)
    • Soundtracks
      Le Rififi
      Music by Philippe-Gérard

      Lyrics by Jacques Larue

      Performed by Magali Noël

    User reviews146

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    10/10
    A Magnificent Fim-Noir
    After five years in prison, Tony le Stéphanois (Jean Servais) meets his dearest friends Jo (Carl Möhner) and the Italian Mario Ferrati (Robert Manuel) and they invite Tony to steal a couple of jewels from the show-window of the famous jewelry Mappin & Webb Ltd, but he declines. Tony finds his former girlfriend Mado (Marie Sabouret), who became the lover of the gangster owner of the night-club L' Âge d' Or Louis Grutter (Pierre Grasset), and he humiliates her, beating on her back and taking her jewels. Then he calls Jo and Mario and proposes a burglary of the safe of the jewelry. They invite the Italian specialist in safes and elegant wolf Cesar (Perlo Vita) to join their team and they plot a perfect heist. They are successful in their plan, but the D. Juan Cesar makes things go wrong when he gives a valuable ring to his mistress.

    "Du Rififi Chez les Hommes" is a magnificent film-noir, certainly among the best I have seen. The screenplay has credibility, supported by an awesome direction of Jules Dassin, stunning performances of the cast and great cinematography. Jean Servais has outstanding performance in the role of a criminal with principles guided by the underworld rules. The famous long silent sequence of the heist is amazing and extremely tense and certainly among the best ones of the cinema history. I am listing this great movie in my list of favorite movies ever. My vote is ten.

    Title (Brazil): "Rififi"
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    • Release date
      • June 5, 1956 (United States)
      • France
      • French
      • Italian
      • English
    • Also known as
    • Filming locations
      • 2 Rue d'Annam, Paris 20, Paris, France
    • Production companies
      • Pathé Consortium Cinéma
      • Indusfilms
      • Société Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma
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    • 1 hour 58 minutes
      • Black and White

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