Les Plus belles escroqueries du monde (1964)
Directed by Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard
Comedy / Crime
aka: The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
Les Plus belles escroqueries du monde (1964)
Film Synopsis
The Benefactors of Fumiko: In Tokyo, a young bar hostess is impressed when an older man boasts that he has spent a fortune on his platinum dentures and has a large sum of cash in his bag. The girl cannot resist inviting the man back to her place...The Diamond Necklace: In Amsterdam, a young woman is seduced by a rich diplomat who leaves her his business card and makes an appointment to see her again. The woman presents the car at a jeweller's and thereby arranges the purchase of some expensive jewellery. Whilst the diplomat is taking his bath the same woman greets the jeweller...
The Road Map: In Naples, a prostitute faces expulsion on account of her profession. By chance she encounters a law student who gives her an idea to solve her problem. If she were to marry someone in a retirement home she would become a Neapolitan and have the right to stay...
The Man who Sold the Eiffel Tower: In Paris, a car breaks down in front of the house of a wealthy German who is absolutely crazy about the Eiffel Tower. The driver greets the German with the news that the French state is ready to part with this historic monument for the right price. It is an opportunity that the German cannot pass up...
The Big Swindler: In Marrakech, an American journalist is caught in possession of counterfeit money. Released after being questioned, she sets out to find the man who palmed the fake money onto her...
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Film Credits
- Director: Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard, Ugo Gregoretti, Hiromichi Horikawa, Roman Polanski
- Script: Gérard Brach, Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard, Ugo Gregoretti, Paul Gégauff, Roman Polanski
- Cinematographer: Raoul Coutard, Tonino Delli Colli, Jerzy Lipman, Asakazu Nakai, Jean Rabier
- Music: Serge Gainsbourg, Pierre Jansen, Krzysztof Komeda, Michel Legrand, Keitaro Miho, Piero Umiliani
- Cast: Mie Hama (Geisha - Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de Fumiko), Jan Teulings (Dutch man), Gabriella Giorgelli (La Feuille de Route), Guido Guiseppone (La Feuille de Route), Giuseppe Mannajuolo (La Feuille de Route), Jean-Pierre Cassel (Alain des Arcys .... - L'homme qui vendit la Tour Eiffel), Francis Blanche (L'Allemand), Catherine Deneuve (Swindler - L'homme qui vendit la Tour Eiffel), Sacha Briquet (L'homme qui vendit la Tour Eiffel), Charles Denner (Counterfeiter - Le Grand Escroq), Arnold Gelderman (Jeweller - La Rivière de Diamants), Jean-Luc Godard (Man in fez (and narrator) - Le Grand Escroq), Nicole Karen (Swindler - La Rivière de Diamants), Christian Lentretien (L'homme qui vendit la Tour Eiffel), Jean-Louis Maury (L'homme qui vendit la Tour Eiffel), Ken Mitsuda (Composer - Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de Fumiko), Jean Seberg (Patricia Leacock - Le Grand Escroq), László Szabó (Police inspector - Le Grand Escroq), Yatsuko Tan'ami (Detective - Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de Fumiko), Philomène Toulouse (L'homme qui vendit la Tour Eiffel)
- Country: France / Italy / Japan / Netherlands
- Language: French / Dutch
- Support: Black and White / Color
- Runtime: 111 min
- Aka: The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
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