Mr. Klein

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The Resource Mr. Klein

Statement of responsibility: Raymond Danon, Alain Delon, Robert Kuperberg, Jean-Pierre Labrande présentent ; un film de Joseph Losey ; un film écrit par Franco Solinas ; un film produit par Alain Delon ; une co-production Franco-Italienne Lira Films, Adel Productions, Nova Films, Mondial Te.Fi. Televisione Film S.R.L

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Summary: "One of the crowning achievements of blacklisted Hollywood director Joseph Losey's European exile, Mr. Klein is a spellbinding modernist mystery that puts a chilling twist on the wrong-man thriller. Alain Delon delivers a standout performance as Robert Klein, a decadent art dealer in France during World War II who makes a tidy profit buying up paintings from his desperate Jewish clients. As Klein searches for a Jewish with the same name for whom he has been mistaken, he finds himself plunged into a Kafkaesque nightmare in which his identity seems to dissolve and the forces of history to close in on him. Met with considerable controversy on its release for its portrayal of the real-life wrongdoings of the Vichy government, this haunting, disturbingly beautiful film shivers with existential dread as it traces a society's descent into fascistic fear and inhumanity"--Container

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Credits note: Director of photography, Gerry Fisher ; editor, Henri Lanoë, Marie Castro-Vazquez, Michele Neny ; music, Egisto Macchi, Pierre Porte

Language note: French dialogue with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

PerformerNote: Alain Delon, Jeanne Moreau, Francine Berge, Juliet Berto, Jean Bouise, Suzanne Flon, Massimo Girotti, Michel Lonsdale

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