Rififi ( Du rififi chez les hommes )

Rififi (Blu-Ray) (*)

$26.99

Original Title: Du rififi chez les hommes
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Dolby Linear PCM )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
118 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Black & White
Booklet
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1955 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Jules Dassin

Written By:
Auguste Le Breton
Jules Dassin

Actors:
Jean Servais ..... Tony le Stéphanois
Carl Möhner ..... Jo le Suedois
Robert Manuel ..... Mario Ferrati
Janine Darcey ..... Louise le Suedois
Pierre Grasset ..... Louis Grutter aka Louis le Tatoué
Robert Hossein ..... Remi Grutter
Marcel Lupovici ..... Pierre Grutter
Dominique Maurin ..... Tonio le Suedois
Magali Noël ..... Viviane
Marie Sabouret ..... Mado les Grands Bras
Claude Sylvain ..... Ida Ferrati
Jules Dassin ..... Cesar le Milanais
André Dalibert ..... Webb, le bijoutier

Synopsis:

A seminal work of crime filmmaking that lead the young critic Francois Truffaut to declare the best Film Noir I have ever seen, Jules Dassins Rififi [Du rififi chez les hommes] has influenced films as diverse as Reservoir Dogs and Oceans Eleven since its release. Following, Tony le Stephanois (Jean Servais), a master thief fresh out of jail, wearing a harried look and suffering ill health he refuses to be involved with crime, until he finds his girlfriend shacked up with a rival gangster. With little reason to keep living he plans a final job. Tony sets about finding his crew and meticulously planning the job; a robbery of the jewellery store Mappin & Webb. Rififi revolves around the central heist, famed for its finite detail and incredible tension, but the drama does not end at the heist like so many other crime films. Dassins film is a humanist tale that hinges on the loyalty among thieves and draws on the fatalistic, doom laden lives common to crooks and thieves in pulp literature. An instant commercial success in Paris and worldwide, the film was also very well received by the critics with Jules Dassin being awarded the best director prize at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. Arrow Academy is proud to present Jules Dassins legendary film in 1080p high definition for the first time in the UK.

After five years in prison, Tony le Stéphanois meets his dearest friends Jo and the Italian Mario Ferrati and they invite Tony to steal a couple of jewels from the show-window of the famous jewelry Mappin & Webb Ltd, but he declines. Tony finds his former girlfriend Mado, who became the lover of the gangster owner of the night-club L' Âge d' Or Louis Grutter, and he humiliates her, beating on her back and taking her jewels. Then he calls Jo and Mario and proposes a burglary of the safe of the jewelry. They invite the Italian specialist in safes and elegant wolf Cesar to join their team and they plot a perfect heist. They are successful in their plan, but the D. Juan Cesar makes things go wrong when he gives a valuable ring to his mistress.

Tony Stephanois, just out of prison and angry at his girl Mado's infidelity, decides to join his pals Jo and Mario in an ambitious crime. With Italian safe expert Cesar, they meticulously plan the burglary of a large jewelry establishment. Not a word is spoken as the crime is carried out. And then things begin to go wrong...

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 19 June, 2011.

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