Pépé le Moko (1937)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.8/10   

Director:

Julien Duvivier

Writers:

Henri La Barthe (novel)
Henri La Barthe (scenario) ...
(más)

Release Date:

3 marzo 1941 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Romance

Plot:

Pépé le Moko is a gangster from Paris that hides in Algier's Casbah. In the Casbah, he is safe and is...

Plot Keywords:

Gunshot Wound | Tourist | Raid | Mistress | Hotel

Awards:

2 wins

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Before there was Bogart...

Cast

Jean Gabin	...	Pépé le Moko
Gabriel Gabrio	...	Carlos
Saturnin Fabre	...	Le Grand Père
Fernand Charpin	...	Régis (as Charpin)
Lucas Gridoux	...	Inspecteur Slimane
Gilbert Gil	...	Pierrot (as Gilbert-Gil)
Marcel Dalio	...	L'Arbi (as Dalio)
Charles Granval	...	Maxime (as Granval)
Gaston Modot	...	Jimmy
René Bergeron	...	Inspecteur Meunier (as Bergeron)
Paul Escoffier	...	Chef Inspecteur Louvain (as Escoffier)
Roger Legris	...	Max (as Legris)
Jean Témerson	...	Gravère (as Temerson)
Robert Ozanne	...	Gendron
Philippe Richard	...	Janvier
Georges Péclet	...	Barsac (as Péclet)
Mireille Balin	...	Gaby Gould
Line Noro	...	Inès
Fréhel	...	Tania
Olga Lord	...	Aïcha
Renée Carl	...	La mère Tarte
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Franck Maurice	...	Un inspecteur (uncredited)

Dirigida por
Julien Duvivier

Créditos del guión
Henri La Barthe		(novel) (as Ashelbé)
Henri La Barthe		(scenario) (as Détective Ashelbé) &
Julien Duvivier		(scenario)
Jacques Constant		(adaptation) (as J. Constant)
Henri Jeanson		(dialogue)

Producida por
Raymond Hakim	....	producer (uncredited)
Robert Hakim	....	producer (uncredited)

Música original por
Vincent Scotto
Mohamed Ygerbuchen		(as Mohamed Yguerbouchen)

Fotografía por
Marc Fossard
Jules Kruger		(as Kruger)

Montaje por
Marguerite Beaugé

Diseño de producción por
Jacques Krauss		(as Krauss)

Dirección de producción
André Gargour	....	production manager (as A. Gargour)

Art Department
Robert Vernay	....	assistant production designer

Departamento de sonido
Antoine Archimbaud	....	sound engineer (as A. Archimbaud)

Otros miembros del equipo
Mm. Hakim	....	presenter (as MM. Hakim)

Production Companies

• Paris Film

Distributors

• Arthur Mayer & Joseph Burstyn (1941) (USA) (subtitled)
• Criterion Collection, The (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Janus Films (????) (USA) (all media)
• Magnus Opus (2004) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Rialto Pictures (2002) (USA) (subtitled)

Other Companies

• Pathé Cinéma  studios

También conocida como:

Nuits blanches, Les (France) (working title)

Duración:

94 min

País:

France

Idioma:

French | Arabic

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (RCA Photophone)

Clasificación:

Singapore:PG | USA:TV-PG (TV rating) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Algiers, Algeria

Company:

Paris Film

Trivialidades:

When Walter Wanger produced Algiers (1938), the American remake, he tired to have all copies of "Pépé le Moko" destroyed. Fortunately, he was not able to do so.

Goofs:

Continuity: In a scene after Pierrot's death, Pepe is getting progressively drunker and his suit coat opens to reveal more of his shirt. His shirt has the monogram of "J.G." on the pocket; clearly the monogram of the actor (Jean Gabin) and not the character.

Quotes:

Inès: [shouting to Pépé] Luck be with you, Pépé!
Gaby Gould: What an amazing fellow!
Inspecteur Slimane: Isn't he? I think it's over I'll take you back to your friends.
Gaby Gould: With pleasure, I lost my friends.
Inspecteur Slimane: They must have gone home... Isn't Pépé Le Moko amusing?
Gaby Gould: He's entering but you won't arrest him.
Inspecteur Slimane: I've written the date of his arrest on the wall where the sun shines.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Settling the Score (2006) (V)

Before there was Bogart...

In the greatest gangster film of all time, Duvivier brings to the silver screen a gripping tale of love, passion, friendship and loyalty, as Pépé le Moko (Jean Gabin) reclusively hides in the seedy, underground of the Casbah quarters of Algiers. Elusive and dangerous, Pépé is considered one of France's most wanted at-large criminals. However, upon meeting a beautiful "parisienne", Gaby Gould (Mireille Balin), Pépé discovers that his heart is in Paris. Willing to risk his life and freedom to pursue his new love, Pépé takes to the streets of Algiers to find Gaby.

An enlightening look at French Algeria in the early 20th-century, Pépé le Moko is a cultural and historical masterpiece as much as it is a classic film. Examining the diversity of the inhabitants of the Casbah and exploring its architectural layout, this film provides for an extremely interesting postcolonial, anthropological, even Freudian (architectural) reading.

The friendship that develops between Inspector Slimane (Lucas Gridoux), a native Algerian investigator sent to capture the fugitive, and Pépé adds an element of perplexity, as the inspector is caught in a crux of friendship and loyalty and his duty to the state.

What ensues is a heartwrenching scene between the disconsolate gangster pursuing his beloved Gaby while being pursued by his inspector friend and the French Algerian police. One of the greatest endings in the history of film, Duvivier exposes the sovereignty of the heart, even the heart of a brazen criminal.

Duvivier's best effort and the greatest gangster film ever, this film ranks in my top ten of all-time. To truly understand Humphrey Bogart, Edward Robinson, Robert Mitchum and Al Pacino, one must first discover Jean Gabin, the archetype gangster for the crime genre. Duvivier's masterpiece is a film that all lovers of cinema simply must see.