Pépé le Moko (1937)
| Release Date | 28 January 1937 |
| Genre | Crime, Drama, Romance |
| Country | France |
| Filming Locations | Algiers, Algeria |
| Language | French, Arabic |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Black and White |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Melodrama, Romantic Drama, Gangster Film |
| Mood | In a Minor Key |
| Themes | Self-Destructive Romance, Star-Crossed Lovers |
| Tones | Moody, Atmospheric, Downbeat, Elegiac, Tense |
| Tags | France, Fugitive, Gangster, Hidden, Hide Out, Infatuation, Love, Obsession, Police, Pursuit, Safety, Tragic Love |
Pépé le Moko is a 1937 French film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Jean Gabin. It depicts an infamous gangster, Pépé le Moko ('Moko' is slang for a man from Toulon) who tries to escape the police by hiding in the casbah of the city of Algiers. The film is based on Henri La Barthe's novel of the same name; La Barthe contributed to the screenplay under the pseudonym 'Détective Ashelbé'. Pépé le Moko is an example of the 1930s French movement known as poetic realism, which combines gritty realism with occasional flashes of unusual cinematic tricks. The film is often seen as an early precursor of film noir.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Gabriel Gabrio
Carlos
Saturnin Fabre
Le Grand Père
Fernand Charpin
Régis
Lucas Gridoux
Inspecteur Slimane
Gilbert Gil
Pierrot
Charles Granval
Maxime
René Bergeron
Inspecteur Meunier
Paul Escoffier
Chef Inspecteur Louvain
Roger Legris
Max
Jean Témerson
Gravère
Robert Ozanne
Gendron
Philippe Richard
Janvier
Line Noro
Inès
Fréhel
Tania
Olga Lord
Aïcha
Renée Carl
La mère Tarte
Franck Maurice
Un inspecteur
Director
Writer
Henri La Barthe
,
Jacques Constant
Henri Jeanson
Producer
Raymond Hakim
producer
Robert Hakim
producer
Original Music
Vincent Scotto
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Mohamed Ygerbuchen
Cinematographer
Marc Fossard
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Jules Kruger
Editor
Marguerite Beaugé
-
Production Designer
Jacques Krauss
Production Manager
André Gargour
production manager
Art Department
Robert Vernay
assistant production designer
Sound Department
Antoine Archimbaud
sound engineer
Other Crew
Mm. Hakim
presenter
Production Company
Paris Film
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Distributor
Weltfilm-Vereinigung
Arthur Mayer & Joseph Burstyn
Criterion Collection, The
Janus Films
Magnus Opus
Rialto Pictures
Miscellaneous
Pathé Cinéma
studios
Related Lists
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Films directed by Julien Duvivier
Anna Karenina (1948)
Behold the Man (1935)
Boulevard (1960)
Captain Blackjack (1950)
Deadlier Than the Male (1956)
Diaboliquement vôtre (1967)
Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
La bandera (1935)
Lydia (1941)
Marie-Octobre (1959)
Pépé le Moko
Tales of Manhattan (1942)
The Burning Court (1962)
The Golem (1936)
The High Life (1960)
The Man in the Raincoat (1957)
They Were Five (1936)
