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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
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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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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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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- Jean Gabin
- Julien Duvivier
- Drama
Watch the full-length version of Pépé le moko, a 1937 French film starring Jean Gabin as a wanted man in Algiers. Learn about its influence on poetic realism and its restoration by The Criterion Channel.
Pépé le Moko is a gangster from Paris that hides in Algier's Casbah. In the Casbah, he is safe and is able to elude the police's attempts to capture him, but he misses his freedom after two years in the Casbah. He meets a gorgeous Parisian tourist, Gaby, and they fall in love.
