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8.1/10
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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
8.1/10
35K
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- Auguste Le Breton(novel "Du rififi chez les hommes")
- Jules Dassin(adaptation)
- René Wheeler(collaboration)
- Stars
- Auguste Le Breton(novel "Du rififi chez les hommes")
- Jules Dassin(adaptation)
- René Wheeler(collaboration)
- Stars
Jules Dassin
- Cesar le Milanais
- (as Perlo Vita)
André Dalibert
- Webb, le bijoutier
- (as Dalibert)
- Auguste Le Breton(novel "Du rififi chez les hommes") (collaboration) (dialogue)
- Jules Dassin(adaptation)
- René Wheeler(collaboration)
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaThe 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".
- GoofsWhen the "modest" Mario gets out of the bathtub, one can see briefly that he has boxer shorts on.
- Alternate versionsWest 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.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Clock (2010)
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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"
"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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- Jul 21, 2007
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