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Pépé le Moko ([pe.pe lə mo.ko]) is a 1937 French film directed by Julien Duvivier starring Jean Gabin, based on a novel of the same name by Henri La Barthe and with sets by Jacques Krauss. An example of the 1930s French movement known as poetic realism , it recounts the trapping of a gangster on the run in Algiers , who believes that he is ...
A wanted gangster is both king and prisoner of the Casbah, a labyrinthine quarter of Algiers. He falls in love with a Parisian beauty, but faces danger from the police and his rivals.
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- Crime, Drama, Romance
- Julien Duvivier
- 1941-03-03
Pepe le Moko is a notorious thief, who, after his last great heist, escaped from France to Algeria. Since his escape, le Moko became a resident and leader of the immense Casbah, or "native quarter", of Algiers. French officials who arrive insisting on Pepe's capture are met with unfazed local detectives, led by Inspector Slimane, who are biding ...
The notorious Pépé le moko (Jean Gabin, in a truly iconic performance) is a wanted man: women long for him, rivals hope to destroy him, and the law is breathing down his neck at every turn. On the lam in the labyrinthine Casbah of Algiers, Pépé is safe from the clutches of the police--until a Parisian playgirl compels him to risk his life ...
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Pépé le Moko est un film français de Julien Duvivier sorti en 1937, avec Jean Gabin et Mireille Balin, d'après le roman éponyme d'Henri La Barthe. Synopsis [ modifier | modifier le code ] La police cherche à coincer le caïd du milieu parisien, Pépé le Moko, réfugié avec sa bande dans la Casbah d'Alger .
- Jean Gabin Line Noro Mireille Balin
- Paris Film
- Julien Duvivier
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100% Tomatometer 32 Reviews 87% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings Pépé le Moko (Jean Gabin), one of France's most wanted criminals, hides out in the Casbah section of Algiers. He knows police...
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May 10, 2011 · Pepe le Moko (1937) is one of the masterpieces of the poetic realist movement that flourished in French cinema of the 1930s, and a film that became an inspiration for American film noir. Like other poetic realist films, Pepe le Moko deals with characters living on the margins of society. Jean Gabin plays a criminal known as "Pepe le Moko ...
