Borsalino (film)
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| German title | Borsalino |
| Original title | Borsalino |
| Country of production | France , Italy |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1970 |
| length | 126 (abridged 93) minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 (shortened 16) |
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| Director | Jacques Deray |
| script |
Jean-Claude Carrière Jean Cau Jacques Deray Claude Sautet |
| production | Alain Delon |
| music | Claude Bolling |
| camera | Jean-Jacques Tarbès |
| cut | Paul Cayatte |
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Borsalino (alternative title: Die Losleger) is a French - Italian gangster film by Jacques Deray from 1970. The script is based on the novel Bandits a Marseille by Eugène Saccomano and was inspired by the legendary gang bosses Spirito and Carbone .
action
In Marseille in the 1930s , Roch Siffredi, the small-time star, was released from prison and went in search of his companion Lola. Siffredi, however, realizes that Lola is now with the crook François Capella. Siffredi and Capella fight at first, but then become friends and get together.
The two of them initially take on a few jobs for a local gangster. After eliminating the competition in the fish market, they decide to jointly take over the town. Without scruples, they attack Poli, one of the two Marseille godparents, who also owns a restaurant and the city's meat market. Due to a traitor, however, the destruction of Poli's meat supplies fails and the godfather incites his men on them. After their escape, Capella and Siffredi retreat to the country for the time being, where they accept new members into their gang, procure new weapons and prepare their retaliatory action. When they return, they kill Poli in front of his restaurant, thus securing their place among the people of Marseille.
When Maître Rinaldi announced his candidacy for the post of MP one day, Roch wanted to intervene because Rinaldi was the lawyer for Marello, a casino owner with whom they share the city. However, Capella says they shouldn't take any action at first, as they would be immediately suspected. However, Maître Rinaldi is under fire during a tennis match, whereupon Capella now suspects Siffredi.
A short time later, Rinaldi is killed in the hospital. The murderer turns out to be "Le Danseur", who wanted to get revenge for Siffredi setting fire to his shop on the day he was released from prison. However, Rinaldi's wife is able to identify him as a murderer, whereupon he is killed by a gang member of Capellas. Marello then has people from Capella's and Siffredi's circle executed. Reunited, the two friends now come up with a bold plan: after they have gone to Marellos Casino, Capella plays a game while Siffredi discreetly kills Marello, while their own gang raids the casino to cause confusion. The plan works and allows them to take sole control of Marseille as the police have no evidence against them.
Siffredi organizes a reception to celebrate her success, but Capella informs him that he has decided to leave Marseilles, fearing that the two of them will eventually kill each other. In the last scene, Capella is shot in front of the exit and dies in Siffredi's arms. He ultimately decides to leave Marseille himself.
In a flashback, photos that reflect the experience of the film are faded in with the two of them.
criticism
"Perfectly lurid star and gangster film, which combines its Eulenspiegeleien and its dancing elegance in ironic breaks with a brutal drama."
“An almost perfect mix of a gangster film and thriller by Jacques Deray (" The Swimming Pool ") with French cinema icons Jean-Paul Belmondo and Alain Delon [...]. Deray was loosely based on the novel "Bandits a Marseille" by Eugène Saccomano, in which the latter described the lives of the two French gang bosses François Spirito and Paul Carbone. The thriller was such a big box-office success in France that Deray also included the sequel "Borsalino & Co." in 1974. turned - but without Belmondo. "
Awards
Jacques Deray was nominated for the Golden Bear in 1970. Borsalino was nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award in 1971 for best film and for a Golden Globe in the category of best foreign language film .
background
- The film was shot in Marseille .
- In France there were over 4.7 million cinema viewers.
- In 1974 the sequel Borsalino & Co. was published.
Web links
- Borsalino in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Borsalino in the online film database
- Borsalino in the German synchronous file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Borsalino. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ^ Film review on prisma.de, accessed on July 6, 2007
- ^ Awards for Borsalino , accessed July 6, 2007
- ↑ Filming locations for Borsalino , accessed July 6, 2007
- ↑ Box office results for Borsalino , accessed on July 6, 2007