Jacques Mesrine was the foremost criminal, public enemy N°1, the man most wanted in France, guilty of 39 crimes. "In the police or newspaper history, Mesrine broke all records". The film ...
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Title: Mesrine (1984)
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Nicolas Silberg | ... | Jacques Mesrine |
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Caroline Aguilar | ... | Sylvia Jeanjacquot |
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Gérard Sergue | ... | François Besse |
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Michel Poujade | ... | Le commissaire Broussard |
| Michel Beaune | ... | Le commissaire Devos | |
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Louis Arbessier | ... | Lelièvre |
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Jean-Pierre Pauty | ... | Tillier |
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Claude Faraldo | ... | Charlie Bauer |
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Jean-Michel Farcy | ... | Michel Lelièvre |
| William Sabatier | ... | Bouvier | |
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Philippe Rouleau | ... | Le journaliste de 'Paris-Match' |
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Henry Puget | ||
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Bernard Chevrot | ... | Schayewski |
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Marc Alfos | ... | Un policier |
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Claudine Berg | ||
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Jacques Mesrine was the foremost criminal, public enemy N°1, the man most wanted in France, guilty of 39 crimes. "In the police or newspaper history, Mesrine broke all records". The film begins with his escape on May 8, 1978. Mesrine was the only man to escape from La Santé. We relieve the 18 crazy months he spent on the run and his encounter with Sylvia who is swept into his madness. Written by Anonymous
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The actual Jacques Mesrine - whom life and death is about in this film - did not have a deep voice, as the actor playing him has. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Country:
FranceLanguage:
FrenchRelease Date:
29 February 1984 (France) See more »Also Known As:
Halk düşmanı See more »Filming Locations:
Verneuil-en-Halatte, Oise, FranceCompany Credits
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Based on the true story of a French gangster who was widely talked about in the late seventies .Made by Claude Chabrol's producer Paul Genovès .And played by Nicolas Silberg -who is best known for his Bussy character in the excellent "Dame de Montsoreau " miniseries circa 1975-,de la Comédie Française,thus the only real convincing actor of the whole movie,sadly unsupported by the rest of the cast and Genovès's poor directing.
It's difficult to have interest in such a character.There are subjects which are not really appealing.Okay Mesrine thought ,and for a good reason,for he spent twenty years of his life in jail,in top security wing,that prison was inhuman and destroyed the human being;thus his plan of a great escape where he would free all the prisoners of La Santé,a penitentiary where he was the first and only to escape from to this day.It does not justify all those crimes:39 in all.