Rififi (1955)
Rififi (1955)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Currently Rififi is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Apple TV
Streaming in:🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Cast & Crew.
Jean Servais
Tony le Stéphanois
Carl Möhner
Jo le Suédois
Robert Manuel
Mario Ferrati
Janine Darcey
Louise
Pierre Grasset
Louis Grutter dit le Tatoué
Robert Hossein
Remi Grutter
Marcel Lupovici
Pierre Grutter
Dominique Maurin
Tonio
Magali Noël
Viviane
Claude Sylvain
Ida Ferrati
Marie Sabouret
Mado les Grands Bras
Jules Dassin
Director
Armandel
Second Gambler
Auguste Le Breton
Writer
Alain Bouvette
Footman, 'L'Age D'Or'
René Wheeler
Writer
André Dalibert
Webb, le bijoutier
René Bezard
Producer
Henri Bérard
Producer
Jacques David
Commissioner
Pierre Cabaud
Producer
Émile Genevois
Charlie
Georges Auric
Composer
Marcelle Hainia
Fredo's Wife
Philippe Agostini
Cinematographer
Marcel Lesieur
Fredo
Daniel Mendaille
Lookout
Roger Dwyre
Editor
Alexandre Trauner
ProductionDesigner
Fernand Sardou
First Gambler
Jacques Besnard
Third Gambler (uncredited)
Teddy Bilis
Teddy Laurentin (uncredited)
Marcel Rouzé
First Gendarme (uncredited)
Roger Rudel
French voice of Jo le Suédois (uncredited)
René Gaston Vuattoux
Production Manager
Auguste Capelier
Set Decoration
Rosine Delamare
Costume Design
Anatole Paris
Key Makeup Artist
Charles Akerman
Boom Operator
Jacques Lebreton
Sound Designer
Denise de Casabianca
Assistant Editor
André Domage
Assistant Camera
Jean-Jacques Vierne
Assistant Director
Raymond Lemoigne
Assistant Camera
Nadine Trintignant
Assistant Editor
Patrice Dally
Assistant Director
Jean-Marie Maillols
Camera Operator
Raymond Bègue
Still Photographer
Philippe-Gérard
Songs
Marcelle Desvignes
Costume Supervisor
Pierre Charron
Unit Manager
Jacques Météhen
Music Director
Maurice Terrasse
Property Master
Bernard Deflandre
Assistant Director
Louis Manella
Unit Manager
Jean Philippe
Sound Recordist
Jean Goiran
Unit Manager
Roger Fresca
Set Dresser
Robert André
Assistant Set Decoration
Jacques Larue
Lyricist
Wilhelmine Bérard
Production Office Coordinator
Chenglesy
Assistant Camera
Renée Nitzschke
Script
Gabriel Paris
Assistant Set Decoration
Marcelle Testard
Makeup Artist
Kougoucheff
Unit Manager
Charpeaux
Property Master
Henriette Ridard
Wardrobe Master
Alice Garan
Lita Recio
Huguette Montréal
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 13, 1955
Original NameDu rififi chez les hommes
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 58m
Budget$200,000
Box Office$460,000
Genres
Wiki.
Rififi (French: Du 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 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.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.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. Rififi was nominated by the National Board of Review for Best Foreign Film. Rififi was re-released theatrically in both 2000 and 2015 and is still highly acclaimed by modern film critics as one of the greatest works in French film noir.