Pepe Le Moko
Criterion (1937)
Drama
In Collection
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037429173329
  7.7
1 hr 34 mins France / English
DVD  Region 1   NR
Gabriel Gabrio Carlos
Mireille Balin Gaby Gould
Jean Gabin Pépé le Moko
Line Noro
Saturnin Fabre Le Grand Père
Lucas Gridoux Inspecteur Slimane
Mirielle Ballin
René Bergeron Inspecteur Meunier
Fernand Charpin Régis
Marcel Dalio L'Arbi
Paul Escoffier Chef Inspecteur Louvain
Gilbert Gil Pierrot
Charles Granval Maxime
Gaston Modot Jimmy
Roger Legris Max
Olga Lord Aïcha
Director
Julien Duvivier
Julien Duvuvier
Producer Robert Hakim
Raymond Hakim
Writer Julien Duvivier
Henri La Barthe

The notorious Pepe Le Moko is a wanted man: women long for him, rivals hope to destroy him, and the law is breathing down his neck at every turn. On the lam in the labyrinth Casbah of Algiers, Pepe is safe from the clutches of the police -- until a Parisian playgirl compels him to risk his life and leave its confines once and for all. One of the most influential films of the 20th century and a landmark of French poetic realism, Julien Duvivier's Pepe Le Moko is presented here restored and in its full-length version.
Edition Details
Distributor Criterion
Chapters 21
Release Date 1/7/2003
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Standard 1.33:1 B&W
Subtitles English
Audio Tracks FRENCH: Dolby Digital Mono
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
1962 French Television Interview with Director Julien Duvivier
Excerpts from the 1978 Television Documentary Remembering Jean Gabin
Excerpts from Ginette Vincendeau's BFI Classics Study of Pepe le Moko, Addressing the Historical Background of the Film's Setting and the French Crime Novel Genre
A Study of the Lasting Influence of Pepe le Moke on Popular Culture, Including a Special Video Comparison Between Pepe and the 1938 U.S. Remake Algiers
Essay by Film Critic Michael Atkinson
Original Theatrical Trailer