Pepe le Moko
Jean Duvivier / FR, 1937 / 95 min.
During the 1930s, French directors transformed elements from German expressionism into their own style, later referred to as poetic realism. With its exotic locations, high-contrast camerawork and doomed lead, Pépé le Moko is the movement’s most well-known example. Film noir avant la lettre.
On the run from the French police, criminal Pépé le Moko (Jean Gabin) has gone to ground in Algiers’ casbah. A police inspector decides to exploit Pépé’s weakness for the beautiful Gaby to lure him out.
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Director
Jean Duvivier
Production year
1937
Country
FR
Original title
Pepe le Moko
Length
95 min.
Language
French
Subtitles
ENG
Format
35mm
Part of
Film Noir
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