France
1937
94 minutes
Black and White
1.33:1
French
172
The notorious Pépé le moko (Jean Gabin, in a truly iconic performance) is a wanted man: women long for him, rivals hope to destroy him, and the law is breathing down his neck at every turn. On the lam in the labyrinthine Casbah of Algiers, Pépé is safe from the clutches of the police—until a Parisian playgirl compels him to risk his life and leave its confines once and for all. One of the most influential films of the 20th century and a landmark of French poetic realism, Julien Duvivier’s Pépé le moko is presented here in its full-length version.
| Pépé le Moko | Jean Gabin |
| Carlos | Gabriel Gabrio |
| Le Grand Père | Saturnin Fabre |
| Régis | Fernand Charpin |
| Inspecteur Slimane | Lucas Gridoux |
| Pierrot | Gilbert Gil |
| L'Arbi | Marcel Dalio |
| Jimmy | Gaston Modot |
| Chef Inspecteur Louvain | Paul Escoffier |
| Director | Julien Duvivier |
| Based on the novel by | Henri La Barthe |
| Scenario | Julien Duvivier and Henri La Barthe |
| Adaptation | Jacques Constant |
| Dialogue | Henri Jeanson |
| Cinematography | Marc Fossard and Jules Kruger |
| Editing | Marguerite Beaugé |
| Music | Vincent Scotto and Mohamed Ygerbuchen |
| Producer | Robert Hakim and Raymond Hakim |
Two new retrospectives happening concurrently on different continents pay serious respect to a pair of thirties French cinema pioneers. First, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Jean Renoir is being celebrated with a four-week http://www.lacma.org/programs/FilmSeriesSchedule.aspx . . .
French filmmaker Julien Duvivier is undoubtedly best known for the 1937 classic Pépé le Moko, starring Jean Gabin. But many film lovers today have seen little else by this poetic realist pioneer, a victim, Michael Atkinson writes in an insightful new essay for http://www.movingimagesource . . .
To fully submerge into the antiquated, almost aboriginal mirage of Julien Duvivier’s Pépé le moko (1937), you cannot overlook its position . . .
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