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Director:
Alain Resnais
Writer:
Jorge Semprún (writer)
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Release Date:
15 May 1974 (France) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama
Plot:
Irrestisible charm and talent helps Serge Alexandre alias Stavisky, small-time swindler, to make friends... more | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Portrait of a swindler, and of his age more (9 total)

Cast

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Jean-Paul Belmondo ... Serge Alexandre Stavisky
François Périer ... Albert Borelli
Anny Duperey ... Arlette
Michael Lonsdale ... Docteur Mézy
Roberto Bisacco ... Juan Montalvo de Montalbon
Claude Rich ... Inspecteur Bonny

Charles Boyer ... Le baron Jean Raoul
Pierre Vernier ... Me Pierre Grammont
Marcel Cuvelier ... Inspecteur Boussaud
Van Doude ... Inspecteur principal Gardet
Jacques Spiesser ... Michel Grandville
Michel Beaune ... Le journaliste maître-chanteur
Maurice Jacquemont ... Gauthier
Silvia Badescu ... Erna Wolfgang
Jacques Eyser ... Véricourt
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
L'empire d'Alexandre
Stavisky, il grande truffatore (Italy)
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Runtime:
120 min
Country:
France | Italy
Language:
French | English
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | USA:PG
Company:
Cerito Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
On February 7, 1934, the French Ministry of the Interior and the Paris Police Prefecture banned the showing of newsreel footage of the previous day's mêlée by right-wing royalists, war veterans and members of the anti-semitic, nationalist, anti-republican Action Francaise movement, who rioted to bring down the Daladier government over the Stavisky affair. The riots left 17 dead and 116 wounded. One Parisian cinema, Reginald Ford's Cineac Theatre, defied the censorship to show footage of the riots by the reactionary forces, which had been caught on-camera by French and foreign newsreel photographers. more
Movie Connections:
Version of Stolen Holiday (1937) more

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5 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
Portrait of a swindler, and of his age, 2 June 2005
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Author: michael_chaplan from Japan

Belmondo plays a swindler in early thirties France... His greatest creation is a new identity for himself. Completely amoral/immoral, he plays all ends against the middle.... in fact he is a Jew in France in order to swindle... and his existence is contrasted with (the Jewish) Trotsky who comes to France for political asylum... and a young Jewish actress in France to escape the Nazis.

In the end, everyone is betrayed, but the complicated story makes it extremely difficult to follow.

While it was going on, however, it was beautiful to watch and listen to.

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