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The Thief of Paris

Original title: Le voleur
  • 19671967
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 2h
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The Thief of Paris (1967)
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In Paris around 1900, Georges Randal is brought up by his wealthy uncle, who steals his inheritance. Georges hopes to marry his cousin Charlotte, but his uncle arranges for her to marry a ri... Read allIn Paris around 1900, Georges Randal is brought up by his wealthy uncle, who steals his inheritance. Georges hopes to marry his cousin Charlotte, but his uncle arranges for her to marry a rich neighbour. As an act of revenge, Georges steals the fiance's family jewels, and enjoys ... Read allIn Paris around 1900, Georges Randal is brought up by his wealthy uncle, who steals his inheritance. Georges hopes to marry his cousin Charlotte, but his uncle arranges for her to marry a rich neighbour. As an act of revenge, Georges steals the fiance's family jewels, and enjoys the experience so much that he embarks upon a life-time of burglary.
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    • Louis Malle
  • Writers
    • Georges Darien(novel)
    • Jean-Claude Carrière(screenplay)
    • Louis Malle(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Jean-Paul Belmondo
    • Geneviève Bujold
    • Marie Dubois
    • Louis Malle
  • Writers
    • Georges Darien(novel)
    • Jean-Claude Carrière(screenplay)
    • Louis Malle(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Jean-Paul Belmondo
    • Geneviève Bujold
    • Marie Dubois
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    • 13User reviews
    • 15Critic reviews
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    Jean-Paul Belmondo, Geneviève Bujold, and Marie Dubois in The Thief of Paris (1967)
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    Jean-Paul Belmondo
    Jean-Paul Belmondo
    • Georges Randal
    Geneviève Bujold
    Geneviève Bujold
    • Charlotte Randal
    Marie Dubois
    Marie Dubois
    • Geneviève Delpiels
    Julien Guiomar
    Julien Guiomar
    • L'abbé Félix La Margelle
    Paul Le Person
    Paul Le Person
    • Roger Voisin dit Roger-La-Honte
    Christian Lude
    • Urbain Randal - l'oncle et tuteur de Georges
    Françoise Fabian
    Françoise Fabian
    • Ida
    Marlène Jobert
    Marlène Jobert
    • Broussaille
    Bernadette Lafont
    Bernadette Lafont
    • Marguerite - la bonne délurée
    Martine Sarcey
    • Renée Mouratet
    Roger Crouzet
    • Mouratet
    Jacques Debary
    Jacques Debary
    • Le député Courbassol
    Fernand Guiot
    Fernand Guiot
    • Emiel Van Der Busch
    Marc Dudicourt
    • Georges Antoine
    Paul Vally
    • Maître Vivonne - le notaire
    Monique Mélinand
    • Madame de Montareuil
    • (as Monique Melinand)
    Madeleine Damien
    Madeleine Damien
    • Marie-Jeanne
    Jacqueline Staup
    • Madame Van der Busch
      • Louis Malle
    • Writers
      • Georges Darien(novel)
      • Jean-Claude Carrière(screenplay)
      • Louis Malle(screenplay)
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    • Goofs
      In the opening scene Randal drops his bag at a gate and looks around. In the next shot, both have instantly moved back some distance along the wall, where he picks up the bag to throw it over the wall.
    • Quotes

      Georges Randal: I do a dirty job but I have an excuse: I do it dirtily.

    • Connections
      Referenced in One Hundred and One Nights (1995)

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    6/10
    heists in style
    Recovered and digitized versions of old movies are often a joy for movies fans. We have the opportunity to see films made 40, 50, 60 years ago in conditions similar to those at the premiere and sometimes even in better conditions. The curtain of fog and the degradation of the media are eliminated, which allows us to see the faces of the actors, to hear their voices and the soundtrack clearly, to enjoy costumes and decorations in colors and with refreshed contours. We can enjoy the qualities of the films, but the flaws can also be seen more clearly and the problems highlighted. This is also the case of the film 'Le Voleur' (the English version was titled 'The Thief of Paris') by Louis Malle, made during the period of maximum success and popularity of the director. The recovered version released a few years ago reveals to us as an elegant but old-fashioned film, with a content in which light entertainment is combined with a fringe ideology which I believe was already old-fashioned in 1967 when the film was released, and which seems even less plausible today.

    If we look at this film as pure entertainment, we can include it in the category of French films that tried in the 60s and 70s to revive the tradition of police literature sprinkled with justice heroes (like Fantomas) or charming thieves. The latter category also includes Georges Randal, the hero of the film played by Jean-Paul Belmondo - a burglar with a gentleman's costume and manners, who accidentally became a villain, remaining in the profession by vocation. The story of the film is based on a novel by Georges Darien, an anarchist writer and activist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who shrouded his book in enough mystery to suggest that it was an autobiography (which it is not sure it was true).

    As an entertainment film, 'Le Voleur' works acceptably. Jean-Paul Belmondo, who was then at his peak, acts with self-assurance and pleasure, anticipating his memorable role in 'Borsalino' three years later. Belmondo is surrounded by charming feminine presences, giving us the opportunity to remember some of the beautiful and talented stars of French cinema of that time. Geneviève Bujold did not impress me too much, instead Marie Dubois and Marlène Jobert are delicious. One performance I cannot skip mentioning is that of Julien Guiomar, as Abbot Felix, a Catholic prelate who knows as much about burglaries and stolen objects as he does about the Bible. The atmosphere of the time and especially the interiors of the bourgeois houses in Paris, Brussels and London are excellently revived. The less successful part of the film seemed to me to be the one in which to the personal motivations of the hero are added social elements, trying to make of the thieves' profession kind of a likeable righteous guild. No matter how repugnant are the bourgeois portrayed in the film, this attempt is not convincing, and not for moralistic reasons, but because even the actors, including Belmondo, fail to portray the characters' dilemmas. However, 'Le Voleur' is a more than acceptable entertainment, and not just for reasons of nostalgia.
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    • May 14, 2020

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    • Release date
      • August 23, 1967 (United States)
      • France
      • Italy
      • French
      • Latin
      • English
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      • Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France
    • Production companies
      • Nouvelles Éditions de Films (NEF)
      • Les Productions Artistes Associés
      • Compagnia Cinematografica Champion
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