Pépé le Moko - In the dark of Algiers
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German title | Pépé le Moko - In the dark of Algiers |
Original title | Pépé le Moko |
Country of production | France |
original language | French |
Publishing year | 1937 |
length | 94 minutes |
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Director | Julien Duvivier |
script |
Jacques Constant (script adaptation) Henri Jeanson (dialogues) Julien Duvivier (script) Henri La Barthe |
production |
Raymond Hakim Robert Hakim |
music |
Vincent Scotto Mohamed Ygerbuchen |
camera |
Marc Fossard Jules Kruger |
cut | Marguerite Beaugé |
occupation | |
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Pépé le Moko - In the Dark of Algiers ( French original title : Pépé le Moko ) is a film by director Julien Duvivier based on a novel by Henri La Barthe (under the pseudonym Roger Ashelbé) from 1931, which was shot in 1936. The film is considered to be a representative of poetic realism , but is also often mentioned in connection with forerunners of film noir .
action
The gangster Pépé, who comes from Marseille, is able to go into hiding while fleeing from the police in Algeria. In the Kasbah of Algiers he is safe from access by the French police. Police inspector Slimane states that he can only get hold of Pépés if he sets a trap for him. He lets Gaby, who Pépé fell in love with, know that he was shot. Gaby then wants to embark for France. When Pépé finds out, he leaves the kasbah to explain everything to Gaby and is arrested. When the ship, which Gaby is away from him, gives its departure signal, Pépé stabs himself.
criticism
“Duvivier has cleverly adapted and varied motifs from the American gangster film. His film became an international success. The gloomy fatalism, in which the glimmer of hope of love and the realization of a vague possibility of happiness only make the gloom appear more oppressive, found a receptive audience not only in France in the 1930s. There are various remakes of the film, but all of them remained insignificant. ” Jürgen Labenski : Reclams Filmführer, Stuttgart 1973
Remarks
The film was only released in German cinemas 22 years after it was released. As early as 1938, the director John Cromwell staged a Hollywood remake under the title Algiers with Charles Boyer and Hedy Lamarr in the leading roles. In 1948, Casbah - Verbotene Gassen was also a musical film adaptation of the material starring Tony Martin .
Awards
- National Board of Review : Best Foreign Language Film 1941
literature
- Günter Giesenfeld : [Article] Pépé le Moko - In the dark of Algiers. In: Thomas Koebner (Ed.): Classic films. Descriptions and Comments. 4 vols. (= RUB . No. 9416). Reclam, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-15-009416-X , Vol. 1, pp. 349-351.
Web links
- Pepe le Moko - In the darkness of Algiers in the Internet Movie Database (English)