Connection
Rififi is a french film of genre Drama directed by Jules Dassin released in USA on 5 june 1956 with Jean Servais
Rififi (1955)
If you like this film, let us know!
Add to a movie listRififi (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 on the Rue de Rivoli. 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.
Synopsis
Tony "le Stéphanois" has served a five-year prison term for a jewel heist and is out on the street and down on his luck. His friend Jo approaches him about a smash-and-grab proposed by mutual friend Mario in which the threesome would cut the glass on a Parisian jeweler's front window in broad daylight and snatch some gems. Tony declines. He then learns that his old girlfriend, Mado, took up in his absence with gangster Parisian nightclub owner Pierre Grutter. Finding Mado working at Grutter's, Tony invites her back to his rundown flat. She is obviously well-kept, and Tony savagely beats her for being so deeply involved with Grutter. Tony changes his mind about the heist; he now accepts on the condition that they rob the jeweler's safe instead of the window. Mario suggests they employ the services of Italian compatriot César, a safecracker. The four devise and rehearse an ingenious plan to break into the store and disarm its sophisticated alarm system.Actors
Jean Servais
(Tony le Stéphanois)
Carl Möhner
(Jo le Suedois)
Jules Dassin
(Cesar le Milanais)
Magali Noël
(Viviane)
Robert Hossein
(Rémi Grutter)
Comments
Leave comment :
Suggestions of similar film to Rififi
There are 196 films with the same actors, 25 films with the same director, 76020 with the same cinematographic genres (including 48 with exactly the same 5 genres than Rififi), 1838 films with the same themes (including 308 films with the same 3 themes than Rififi), to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.If you liked Rififi, you will probably like those similar films :
Topkapi (1964)
, 2hDirected by Jules Dassin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov, Maximilian Schell, Robert Morley, Jess Hahn, Akim Tamiroff
Rating68%
Elizabeth Lipp (Melina Mercouri) visits Istanbul, where she sees a traveling fair featuring replicas of treasures from the Topkapı Palace. Next she cases the Topkapı, fascinated by the emerald-encrusted dagger of Sultan Mahmud I. Leaving Turkey, she recruits her ex-lover, Swiss master-criminal Walter Harper (Maximilian Schell), to plan a theft of the dagger. They engage Cedric Page (Robert Morley), master of all things mechanical; Giulio, "The Human Fly" (Gilles Ségal), a mute acrobat; and the burly Hans (Jess Hahn), who will provide the muscle needed for the job.
He Who Must Die (1957)
, 2h2Directed by Jules Dassin, Jean-Gabriel Albicocco
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion
Actors Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Grégoire Aslan, Gert Fröbe, René Lefèvre, Melina Mercouri
Rating74%
In a Turkish-occupied Greek village shortly after World War I, villagers put on a Passion Play, with ordinary people taking the roles of Jesus, Peter, Judas, etc. Staging the play leads to them rebelling against their Turkish rulers in a way that mirrors Jesus's story.
The Burglars (1971)
, 2hDirected by Henri Verneuil
Origin France
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Heist films, Chase films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Jean-Paul Belmondo, Omar Sharif, Robert Hossein, Dyan Cannon, Nicole Calfan, Renato Salvatori
Rating66%
Azad (Jean-Paul Belmondo), Ralf (Robert Hossein) and 2 other accomplices rob a suitcase of emeralds from a rich Greek citizen, M.Tasco. When Abel Zacharia (Omar Sharif), the Athenian police chief, surprises Azad's car in front of Tasco's house on the night of the robbery, he decides to let Azad and his team go, hoping he could retrieve the emeralds for himself. Follows a chase between Azad and the corrupt cop through Athens' streets which culminates to the final scene which will be later borrowed by Witness in 1985.
The Challenge (1960)
, 1h41Directed by John Gilling
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Jayne Mansfield, Anthony Quayle, Carl Möhner, Barbara Mullen, Robert Brown, Dermot Walsh
Rating60%
Mansfield plays Billy, a ruthless gang leader who dumps gang member Kristy when he is convicted of robbery. Kristy serves his time, then recovers the stolen loot when he's released. Billy and her gang then kidnap Kristy's son and demand money as ransom.
Never on Sunday (1960)
, 1h31Directed by Jules Dassin
Origin Grece
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution
Actors Melina Mercouri, Jules Dassin, Giorgos Fountas, Titos Vandis, Déspo Diamantídou, Thanasis Veggos
Rating72%
Homer, touriste américain et « philosophe amateur », passionné par la Grèce ancienne et ses philosophes, arrive en Grèce à la recherche de la Vérité. Dans un bar à rebetiko du Pirée, il croise la route d'Ilya, une prostituée très populaire, libre et indépendante, qui « reçoit » chaque jour de la semaine, sauf le dimanche (ce jour-là est réservé aux amis - d'où le titre du film). Homer, nouveau Pygmalion, décide de faire son éducation et de la remettre dans le droit chemin. Elle délaisse « ses amis », réaménage son intérieur, s'habille plus décemment. Homer l'accompagne à la représentation des tragédies grecques du Festival d'Athènes à l'Odéon d'Hérode Atticus.
The Rehearsal (1974)
, 1h32Directed by Jules Dassin
Genres Drama, Documentary, Historical
Actors Jules Dassin, Olympia Dukakis, Laurence Olivier, Stathis Giallelis, Lillian Hellman, Melina Mercouri
Rating68%
Razzia (1955)
, 1h45Directed by Henri Decoin
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Gangster films
Actors Jean Gabin, Marcel Dalio, Lino Ventura, Magali Noël, Paul Frankeur, Albert Rémy
Rating69%
A criminal organisation assigns French gangster Henri Ferré to optimise the operations of an existing narcotics ring in Paris. The bar „Le Troquet“ serves as a front for these activities. The bar's cashier Lisette has a crush on him right from the start. Even so, Henri Ferré's main interest is to assemble all persons who have a significant part in the drug trade. Because of that he is increasingly suspected to have a hidden agenda. Finally it turns out he is an undercover agent who strives to dismantle the organisation once and for all.
Touchez Pas au Grisbi (1954)
, 1h34Directed by Jacques Becker, Marc Maurette, Jean Becker, Jean-François Hauduroy
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Mob film, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Jean Gabin, Paul Frankeur, Lino Ventura, Dora Doll, René Dary, Vittorio Sanipoli
Rating76%
The entire film takes place over the course of three days. Max, a decent and principled gangster, has dinner at Madame Bouche's restaurant, a hangout for criminals, with his longtime associate Riton, their burlesque-dancer girlfriends, and his protege Marco. A newspaper is seen to mention eight bars of stolen gold. The group goes to Pierrot's nightclub, where the girls perform. Max gets Marco a job as a drug dealer working for Pierrot. After the show, Max finds Riton's girlfriend Josy making out with Angelo, another gangster.
High Sierra (1941)
, 1h40Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Alan Curtis, John Arthur Kennedy, Cornel Wilde, Henry Travers
Rating74%
An aged gangster, Big Mac (Donald MacBride), is planning a robbery at a California resort in Palm Springs. He wants the experienced Roy Earle (Humphrey Bogart), just released from an eastern prison by a governor's pardon, to lead the heist and to take charge of the operation.
Miami Blues (1990)
, 1h37Directed by George Armitage
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Alec Baldwin, Fred Ward, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nora Dunn, Charles Napier, Edward Saxon
Rating63%
Frederick Frenger, Jr. (who asks to be called "Junior"), a violent psychopath recently released from a California prison, starts a new life in Miami. Before leaving the airport, he steals luggage and kills a Hare Krishna after breaking his finger.