Rififi
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Rififi 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
Film poster with original French title
Tony telling the tied-up César "I liked you, Macaroni. But you know the rules" before shooting him for betrayal. This scene was included to echo how Dassin felt after being betrayed by his contemporaries in America.
Composer Georges Auric (pictured) and director Jules Dassin initially disagreed on whether to have music during the heist scene.
Japanese theatrical release poster for Du rififi chez les femmes (1959).
Jules Dassin
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Julius "Jules" Dassin 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
Rififi
…rififi chez les hommes) 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 in 1970
Dassin with his son Joe Dassin in 1970
Joe and Jules Dassin with Beatrice Launer in Paris in 1970