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Mr. Klein

- In the nightmare labyrinth of the Occupation

Paris, France, 1942, during the Nazi occupation. Robert Klein, a successful art dealer who benefits from the misfortunes of those who are ruthlessly persecuted, discovers by chance that there is another Robert Klein, apparently a Jewish man; someone with whom he could be mistakenly identified, something dangerous in such harsh times.

Release Date : 1976-09-23

Language :French

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Adel ProductionsLira FilmsNova FilmsMondial Televisione Film

Production Country : FranceItaly

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Mr. Robert Klein

Original Name : Alain Delon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Florence Klein

Original Name : Jeanne Moreau

Gender : Female

Character Name : Nicole

Original Name : Francine Bergé

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jeanine

Original Name : Juliet Berto

Gender : Female

Character Name : Seller

Original Name : Jean Bouise

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doorwoman

Original Name : Suzanne Flon

Gender : Female

Character Name : Charles

Original Name : Massimo Girotti

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pierre

Original Name : Michael Lonsdale

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jew Affairs Section Official

Original Name : Michel Aumont

Gender : Male

Character Name : Newspaper Director

Original Name : Roland Bertin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Diener

Original Name : Jean Champion

Gender : Male

Character Name : Policeman

Original Name : Etienne Chicot

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lola

Original Name : Magali Clément

Gender : Male

Character Name : Photographer

Original Name : Gérard Jugnot

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Worker

Original Name : Hermine Karagheuz

Gender : Female

Character Name : Professor Montandon

Original Name : Jacques Maury

Gender : Male

Character Name : Police Commissioner

Original Name : Fred Personne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Françoise / Cathy / Isabelle

Original Name : Francine Racette

Gender : Female

Character Name : Examined Woman

Original Name : Isabelle Sadoyan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mr. Klein's Father

Original Name : Louis Seigner

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Elisabeth Kaza

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Carole Achache

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Lucienne Le Marchand

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Rosine Rochette

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Maurice Vallier

Gender : Male

Character Name : Policeman

Original Name : Pierre Vernier

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : François Viaur

Gender : Male

Character Name : Un Homme au Vel d'Hiv (uncredited)

Original Name : Joseph Losey

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Brigitte Ariel

Gender : Female

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Marius Balbinot

Gender : Male

Character Name : Un Musicien (uncredited)

Original Name : Maurice Baquet

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Philippe Brizard

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Jenny Clève

Gender : Female

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Raymond Danon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Le Commissaire-Priseur (uncredited)

Original Name : Christian de Tillière

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Michel Delahaye

Gender : Male

Character Name : Extra (uncredited)

Original Name : Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu

Gender : Male

Character Name : Le Marchand de Journaux (uncredited)

Original Name : Pierre Frag

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Mireille Franchino

Gender : Female

Character Name : Le Groom (uncredited)

Original Name : David Gabison

Gender : Male

Character Name : Le Chauffeur à Ivry-Bataille (uncredited)

Original Name : Maurice Jany

Gender : Male

Character Name : Le Fils de Pierre (uncredited)

Original Name : Stephane Quatrehomme

Gender : Male

Character Name : La Voix du Speaker (voice) (uncredited)

Original Name : Jean Topart

Gender : Male

Character Name : Une Déportée (uncredited)

Original Name : Danielle Verne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Michelle

Original Name : Dany Kogan

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Thierry de Brem

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-11-05

Alain Delon is near his best as the eponymous, rather odious, art dealer quite happily fleecing the terrified Jewish community of their precious possessions at cut race prices as they make preparations to try and flee the Nazi occupation of Paris. It's when one such victim is leaving his elegant apartment one day that "Klein" notices a Jewish newspaper at his door - with his name on it! He goes to the police to make it clear that he is not the "Robert Klein" on the address, but do they believe him? Do they think that perhaps he is trying to pull the wool over their eyes too? He concludes that the only way he can be certain is to track down the real doppelgänger before he ends up suffering the same dispossession and deportation as those he had thus far all too readily exploited. One can never have enough of Jeanne Moreau and her role as the enigmatic "Florence" is a little undercooked here, but as the rest of this complex thriller builds up steam we see Joseph Losey using Delon, and our own appreciation of just how terrifying it must have been for most during the occupation let alone the Jewish population, as weapons to potently reveal that terror and to ultimately maybe even humanise - as well as, perhaps, ridicule - this most venal and shallow of men. Is he now the hunted? Can he escape with his life? The more he thinks he has swum away from danger, the more the maelstrom seems to embrace him - and that catch 22 scenario is enthralling to watch play out here. It's cleverly photographed with a score that augments our own - and his - sense of increasing peril and frustration and though it's perhaps just a little slow at the start, it turns into a cracker.