For the episode of The Americans, see Rififi (The Americans).
Rififi
Film poster with original French title
Directed by
Jules Dassin
Written by
Auguste Le Breton
Jules Dassin
René Wheeler
Produced by
Henri Bérard
Pierre Cabaud
René Bézard
Starring
Jean Servais
Robert Hossein
Magali Noël
Janine Darcey
Pierre Grasset
Marcel Lupovici
Robert Manuel
Carl Möhner
Marie Sabouret
Claude Sylvain
Cinematography
Philippe Agostini
Edited by
Roger Dwyre
Music by
Georges Auric
Distributed by
Pathé (France)
Release date
13 April 1955 (1955-04-13)
Running time
115 minutes
Country
France
Language
French
Budget
$200,000[1][2]
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". The foursome band together to commit an almost impossible theft, the burglary of an exclusive jewelry shop in the Rue de la Paix. The centerpiece of the film is an intricate half-hour heist scene depicting the crime in detail, shot in near silence, without dialogue or music. The fictional burglary has been mimicked by criminals in actual crimes around the world.[5][6]
After he was blacklisted from Hollywood, Dassin found work in France where he was asked to direct Rififi. Despite his distaste for parts of the original novel, Dassin agreed to direct the film. He shot Rififi while working with a low budget, without a star cast, and with the production staff working for low wages.[2]
Upon the initial release of the film, it received positive reactions from audiences and critics in France, the United States, and the United Kingdom. The film earned Dassin the award for Best Director at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.[7]Rififi was nominated by the National Board of Review for Best Foreign Film. Rififi was re-released theatrically in both 2000 and 2015[8] and is still highly acclaimed by modern film critics as one of the greatest works in French film noir.[9]
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^"Festival de Cannes: Rififi". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
^Rialto Pictures (6 August 2015). "RIFIFI - Trailer". Vimeo. Vimeo, LLC. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
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