The million coup of the twelve
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The million coup of the twelve |
| Original title | Mise à sac |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1967 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Alain Cavalier |
| script |
Claude Sautet , Alain Cavalier |
| production |
Georges Dancigers , Georges Laurent , Alexandre Mnouchkine |
| music | Jean Prodromidès |
| camera | Pierre Lhomme |
| cut | Pierre Gillette |
| occupation | |
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The Million Coup of the Twelve (original title: Mise à sac) is a Franco-Italian crime film from 1967 by Alain Cavalier , who also wrote the screenplay with Claude Sautet . It is based on the 1964 novel City in a Stranglehold (written under the name Richard Stark) by the US writer Donald E. Westlake . The leading roles are cast with Michel Constantin , Daniel Iverne and Paul Le Person . The film had its world premiere on November 15, 1967 in France. It was first shown in cinemas in the Federal Republic of Germany on May 24, 1968.
action
In an apartment in Lyon , the newcomer Edgar inaugurates four taciturn professional criminals in an absolutely fantastic project. For years Edgar has been preparing to rob a small provincial town in one fell swoop. To this end, seven more “specialists” are recruited. One night takes the band in a coup the police station, the fire department and the telephone exchange of Servage possession. The crooks take the guards of the only factory in town and blow up the vaults of the factory as well as those of the post office and those of two banks. All actions are initially going according to plan. Unexpected difficulties and minor incidents are overcome with cold-blooded fearlessness. When everything seems to have been won, Edgar single-handedly enters the villa of the factory owner, who ran away with his wife years ago and on whom he is now seeking revenge, and sets her on fire.
The gang manages to escape; but in the morning police helicopters tracked down the escapees. Two men and the spoils of millions are secured.
Reviews
The Evangelical movie watchers judging positive: "Exciting and routinely made Thriller, get their money at the friends of this genre." The lexicon of international film is soberly, if it were a hand-sent made quite action movie. The state film evaluation agency Wiesbaden gave the work the rating "valuable".
literature
- Maurice Bessy, Raymond Chirat, André Bernard: Histoire du cinéma français. Encyclopédie des Films 1966–1970. (with photos for each film) Éditions Pygmalion, Paris 1992, ISBN 2-85704-379-1 , p. 186.
Web links
- The million-coup of the Twelve in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Evangelischer Filmbeobachter , Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 256/1968, p. 257
- ↑ The million coup of the twelve. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .