Pépé le Moko - In the dark of Algiers

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Movie
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
Rod
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

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

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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 .

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