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Jul 1, 2024 · In Algiers, Algeria, notorious thief Pepe le Moko (Charles Boyer) evades police capture by hiding within the maze-like Casbah district. Pepe's renown makes him a popular target not only with policeman Javier but also sympathetic Inspector Slimane (Joseph Calleia) and jealous thief Regis.
Jun 26, 2024 · The fourth film in the 20-year collaboration between Julien Duvivier and Jean Gabin (after Golgotha, La bandera and La belle équipe), Pépé le Moko is one of the most important films both of 1930s poetic realism and French noir and is emblematic of the “mythology of defeat” which was one of the distinctive traits of the French variant of ...
5 days ago · Even before the beginning of the generally accepted classic period, there were films made far from Hollywood that can be seen in retrospect as films noir, for example, the French productions Pépé le Moko (1937), directed by Julien Duvivier, and Le Jour se lève (1939), directed by Marcel Carné.
Jul 2, 2024 · Boyer’s second nomination came for Algiers (1938), where he played the jewel thief Pépé le Moko 3 who hides out in the Casbah in Algiers. 4 “Casbah” is Arabic for “fortress” and “the Casbah” is colloquially the area surrounded by the fortress. But be warned: many cities have Casbahs. Algiers was Hedy Lamarr’s first American role.
Jun 14, 2024 · French director Julien Duvivier – known for films such as Pépé le Moko with Jean Gabin – had actually acquired a reputation in Hollywood as an anthology maestro with his 1942 hit Tales of Manhattan.
Jun 27, 2024 · It enabled me to be in top condition for PEPE LE MOKO, which I hadn’t seen in decades, I fear. So I got my Gabin fix. A pristine restoration of a staggering film, and yes, again I could see more connections with CASABLANCA, and not just in the casting of Dalio.
Jun 14, 2024 · June 14. PEPE LE MOKO (1937) by Julien Duvivier with Jean Gabin, Mireille Balin, Charpin, Line Noro, B&W, 93 mn, Eng. Sub. “Pépé le Moko”, a famous gangster chased by the police of Algiers hides in the Kasbah. One night, after a fight between his men and the police, Pépé, slightly injured takes refuge in a house where he meets a young woman, Gasy.
