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Symphonie pour un massacre

Symphonie pour un massacre

1963Movie⏱️ 1h 55m
CrimeDramaThriller
7.2
IMDB Rating
797 votes

Five men tied to businesses with varying degrees of legality pool their money to go in on one huge narcotics deal that can set them up for life - and test their loyalties.

Director
Jacques Deray
Writers
Alain Reynaud-Fourton, José Giovanni, Claude Sautet
Stars
Michel Auclair, Claude Dauphin, José Giovanni
Release Date
May 27, 1965
Language
French
Country
France, Italy
🎯 1
Nominations
💬 9
Reviews
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Michel Auclair
Michel Auclair
as Clavet
Claude Dauphin
Claude Dauphin
as Valoti
José Giovanni
José Giovanni
as Moreau
Michèle Mercier
Michèle Mercier
as Madeleine Clavet
Daniela Rocca
Daniela Rocca
as Hélène Valoti
Jean Rochefort
Jean Rochefort
as Jabeke
Charles Vanel
Charles Vanel
as Paoli
Claude Cerval
Claude Cerval
👤
Jean Degrave
as L'employé de la salle de jeux
Maurice Garrel
Maurice Garrel

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.66 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Gare de Lyon, Paris 12, Paris, France
Production
Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique (CICC), PECF, Dear Film Produzione

🏷️ Keywords

moneygangneo noir1960sbrussels belgium

🎯 Categories

FrenchCrimeDramaThriller

⭐ Featured Review

A French hidden Noir GEM, near masterpiece!!!
by elo-equipamentos2019-07-29
9/10

"Oh my God, what a great French Noir, what atmosphere, almost perfect movie, just anchored on well developed screenplay, the casting hadn't a superlative stars properly speaking as Jean Rochefort, Claude Dauphin, Charles Vanel among others secondary players, just still unknown the young and gorgeous Michèle Mercier on small role, a five piece Paris's gang has to buy drugs from Marseille's dealer, but at once 500.000 dollars, one of them steal the money from the delivery man on a train, seems a perfect crime, one by one was killed along the way, the crime usually leave some tracks..."

💡 Did You Know?

At first entitled 'Les Mystifiés' ("The mystified") just like the novel it was based on, the film was released under a new title in an effort to capitalize on the tremendous success of Henri Verneuil's 'Mélodie en sous-sol' (1963) by using a similar musical metaphor.

📖 Synopsis

Five men tied to businesses with varying degrees of legality pool their money to go in on one huge narcotics deal that can set them up for life - and test their loyalties.