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Rififi Details

1954 Certificate 12
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With the dramatic crime thriller RIFIFI, blacklisted American director Jules Dassin returned to the cinema triumphantly. In addition to directing, Dassin co-wrote the script and appeared (under the name Perlo Vita) as Cesar the Italian safecracker. Cesar is one of the gang formed by the gaunt Tony (Jean Sevais), who has just .. Read more

Starring Jules Dassin, Magali Noel, Teddy Bilitis, Janine Darcey
Director Jules Dassin
Genres Drama, Thriller

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Rififi

With the dramatic crime thriller RIFIFI, blacklisted American director Jules Dassin returned to the cinema triumphantly. In addition to directing, Dassin co-wrote the script and appeared (under the name Perlo Vita) as Cesar the Italian safecracker. Cesar is one of the gang formed by the gaunt Tony (Jean Sevais), who has just returned to Paris from prison. The others are family man Jo (Carl Mohner) and the ebullient Mario (Robert Manuel). The four men plan a jewelry heist--and the almost 30-minute long robbery scene at the center of the film has become one of the cinema's classic sequences. They break into an upstairs apartment, tie up the couple who live there, and smash through the floor--carefully collecting the debris in an umbrella. Then, they lower themselves into the jewelry store, drill through the safe, and return the way they came. Dassin forgoes both music and dialogue as he shows the robbery in meticulous detail--and the sequence is riveting. The gang has barely completed the job, when unplanned incidents threaten, the police appear unexpectedly, a rival gang gets wind of the robbery, there is a kidnapping, and in the skullduggery that follows, only the honor of the gang survives.

Starring Jules Dassin, Magali Noel, Teddy Bilitis, Janine Darcey, Jean Servais, Emile Genevois, Carl Mohner, Pierre Grasset, Robert Manuel, Dominique Maurin, Robert Hossein, Marie Sabouret
Director Jules Dassin
Studio AMAZON WEB
Original title Du Rififi Chez Les Hommes
Run time DVD: 1 hr 58 mins
Blu-ray: 1 hr 58 mins
Certificate Certificate 12
Genres Drama, Thriller
Language DVD: French, Italian, English
Blu-ray: French, Italian, English
Subtitles DVD: English
Blu-ray: English
Released Production year: 1954

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DVD: 21 Apr 2003
Blu-ray: not available
Blu-ray: 09 May 2011

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      With the dramatic crime thriller RIFIFI, blacklisted American director Jules Dassin returned to the cinema triumphantly. In addition to directing, Dassin co-wrote the script and appeared (under the name Perlo Vita) as Cesar the Italian safecracker. Cesar is one of the gang formed by the gaunt Tony (...
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      With the dramatic crime thriller RIFIFI, blacklisted American director Jules Dassin returned to the cinema triumphantly. In addition to directing, Dassin co-wrote the script and appeared (under the name Perlo Vita) as Cesar the Italian safecracker. Cesar is one of the gang formed by the gaunt Tony (...

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