| Monsieur Klein | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Joseph Losey |
| Produced by | Alain Delon |
| Written by | Franco Solinas Fernando Morandi |
| Starring | Alain Delon Jeanne Moreau Francine Bergé Juliet Berto Jean Bouise Suzanne Flon |
| Music by | Egisto Macchi Pierre Porte |
| Cinematography | Gerry Fisher |
| Release date(s) | October 27, 1976 France |
| Running time | 123 min |
| Language | French |
| Budget | $3,500,000 |
| IMDb profile | |
Monsieur Klein (Mr. Joseph Losey ( January 14, 1909 in La Crosse Wisconsin – June 22, 1984 in Alain Delon (born 8 November 1935) is a César Award -winning French Actor. Jeanne Moreau (French ʒan mɔˈʁo born 23 January, 1928) is a BAFTA Awards -winning French Actress, Screenwriter Francine Bergé (born 21 July 1938, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France) is a French film and stage actress. Juliet Berto (16 January 1947 Grenoble - 10 January 1990 Paris) was a French Actress. Jean Bouise (3 June 1931 in Le Havre - 6 July 1989 in Lyon) was a French actor Suzanne Flon ( January 28, 1918 - June 15, 2005) was a French film actress and comedienne Gerry Fisher, BSC is an English Cinematographer who was born in London on 23 June 1972 for The Go-Between, and in Events 312 - Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. The year 1976 in film involved some significant events Events March 22 - Filming begins on George Lucas ' French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Klein) is a French 1976 film directed by Joseph Losey, with Alain Delon starring in the title role. The cinema of France comprises the art of Film making within the nation of France or by French filmmakers abroad Joseph Losey ( January 14, 1909 in La Crosse Wisconsin – June 22, 1984 in Alain Delon (born 8 November 1935) is a César Award -winning French Actor.
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Synopsis
It is 1942, the war is in full swing and France is occupied by the Nazis. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The, officially National Socialist German Workers' Party, ( abbreviated NSDAP) was a Political party in Germany between 1919 and 1945 To Robert Klein, however, these events are of little concern. As an art dealer, he makes a nice profit off the situation of the Jews, who are selling their possessions in a hurry to leave the country. The Jewish community in France presently numbers around 600000 according to the World Jewish Congress and 500000 according to the Appel Unifié Juif de France and is He holds no political affinities and chooses to remain indifferent. All this changes when one day, a Jewish newspaper is accidentally delivered to his address, and Klein discovers there is another Robert Klein residing in Paris, a Jew sought by the police. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city When the other Klein cannot be found, authorities grow suspicious and the art dealer is forced to offer proof of his French heritage. Before long he's entangled in a quest to track down his elusive namesake and find out what happened.
Symbolism and allusions
Although Losey integrates historical elements (such as the Rafle du Vel'd'Hiv) into the film, it is more than a reconstruction of the life and status of the Jews under the Vichy regime. The Rafle du Vel' d'Hiv (the "round-up" or "raid" of the Vel' d'Hiv from the French abbreviation for Vélodrome d'hiver, or winter velodrome Vichy France, or the Vichy regime are the common terms used to describe the government of France from July 1940 to August 1944
The relationship of the film with the works of the writer Franz Kafka has often been noted: the link with The Metamorphosis, telling of the brutal and sudden transformation of a man into a cockroach, with The Castle, which describes a search for one's own identity by way of getting to know "the other", or with The Trial, which sees an accused man become an outlaw of society. The Metamorphosis (Die Verwandlung is a Novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915 The Castle is a philosophical novel by Franz Kafka. In it a protagonist known only as K The Trial ( Der Process) is a novel by [1]
Awards
The film was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival but lost to Taxi Driver. The Palme d'Or ( English: Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded to competing films at the Cannes Film Festival. The Cannes Film Festival (le Festival de Cannes founded in 1946 is one of the world's oldest most influential and prestigious Film festivals alongside Venice, Taxi Driver is a film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul Schrader. However, Monsieur Klein did win the César Award for Best Film while Losey won the César Award for Best Director. The César Award for best picture winners Winners of the César Award in French film for best director 1976: Bertrand Tavernier: Que la fête commence Alexandre Trauner won the César Award for Best Production Design, and in addition the film was nominated for Césars in four other categories. Alexandre Trauner ( August 3, 1906 in Budapest, Hungary - December 5, 1993 in Omonville-la-Petite, France The César Award is the national film award of France, first given out in 1975. [2]
References
- ^ This section was originally a translation of the corresponding section in the French Wikipedia [1].
- ^ Awards for Monsieur Klein. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2006-06-16. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses.
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| Preceded by Le vieux fusil |
César Award for Best Film 1977 |
Succeeded by Providence |
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