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Rififi (French: Du rififi chez les hommes [a]) is a 1955 French crime film adaptation of Auguste Le Breton's novel of the same name. Directed by American blacklisted filmmaker Jules Dassin, the film stars Jean Servais as the aging gangster Tony "le Stéphanois", Carl Möhner as Jo "le Suédois", Robert Manuel as Mario Farrati, and Jules Dassin as César "le Milanais".
In the 1950s, he appeared in the crime drama Rififi [1] [2] (1955), which François Truffaut ranked as the best film noir, [3] directed by American Jules Dassin, [2] [3] in which he played a leader of a gang of jewel thieves. [2] [3] [4] He appeared in another film directed by Jules Dassin in 1957, He Who Must Die (Celui qui doit mourir).
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Ever since Rififi (1955), the theme of the intricate, detailed planning of a robbery, and its daring execution, has been done to death on every level of production. This second feature uses the same hackneyed idea, but manages to rise above routine through convincing characterisation, deft treatment, good ...
Julius "Jules" Dassin (/ ˈ d æ s ɪ n, d æ ˈ s ɪ n / DASS-in, dass-IN; December 18, 1911 – March 31, 2008) was an American film and theatre director, producer, writer and actor.A subject of the Hollywood blacklist, he subsequently moved to France, and later Greece, where he continued his career.
The 1955 French film Rififi, which critics such as Leonard Maltin have labeled as the best heist film ever, drew much inspiration from The Asphalt Jungle. [5] In 2008, The Asphalt Jungle was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically ...
Born in İzmir to French parents in the diplomatic service, she left Turkey for France in 1951, and her acting career began soon thereafter. [1]She acted in multilingual cinema chiefly from 1951 to 1980, appearing in three Italian films directed by Federico Fellini, [2] for whom she was a favorite performer and known as his muse.
Thieves' Highway is a 1949 American film noir directed by Jules Dassin and starring Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese and Lee J. Cobb. [4] The screenplay was written by A. I. Bezzerides, based on his novel Thieves' Market.
He appeared in more than 40 films between 1949 and 1976. His most famous roles were as Jo "le Suédois" in the 1955 French heist film Rififi [2] and as Captain of Battleship Bismarck in the film Sink the Bismarck! Möhner retired from filming in 1976. He married Wilma Langhamer, a German painter in 1978.