Les espions (1957)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Henri-Georges Clouzot

Writers:

Henri-Georges Clouzot (writer)
Jérôme Géronimi (writer)
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Release Date:

19 September 1957 (West Germany)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Based On Book

Cast

Curd Jürgens	...	Alex
Peter Ustinov	...	Michel Kiminsky
O.E. Hasse	...	Hugo Vogel
Sam Jaffe	...	Sam Cooper
Paul Carpenter	...	Col. Howard
Véra Clouzot	...	Lucie
Martita Hunt	...	Connie Harper
Gérard Séty	...	Dr. Malik
Gabrielle Dorziat	...	Madame Andrée l'infirmière
Louis Seigner	...	Valette
Pierre Larquey	...	Le chauffeur de taxi
Georgette Anys	...	La buraliste
Jean Brochard	...	Le surveillant-général
Bernard La Jarrige	...	Le garçon de café (as Bernard Lajarrige)
Dominique Davray	...	L'Alsacienne
Daniel Emilfork	...	Peterson
Jean-Jacques Lécot	...	Le faux contrôleur (as Jean-Jacques Lecot)
Robert Lombard	...	Le contrôleur
Patrick Dewaere	...	Le petit Moinet (as Patrick Maurin)
Clément Harari	...	Victor - le faux garçon de café
Sacha Pitoëff	...	Léon (as Sacha Pitoeff)
Fernand Sardou	...	Pierre
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jack Ary	...	Le serveur du wagon-restaurant (uncredited)
René Bergeron	...	Gaston - le faux cleint (uncredited)
Charles Bouillaud	...	Un agent (uncredited)
Louis Bugette	...	L'homme qui regarde la télé (uncredited)
Henri Coutet	...	Un agent (uncredited)
Robert Dalban	...	(uncredited)
Hubert Deschamps	...	Un espion (uncredited)
Camille Guérini	...	M. Bargeot, le bistrot (uncredited)
Jacques Hilling	...	Un espion (uncredited)
Dominique Ney	...	Clotilde, la cuisinière (uncredited)

Directed by
Henri-Georges Clouzot		(as H.G. Clouzot)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Henri-Georges Clouzot		writer
Jérôme Géronimi		writer (as Jérome Geronimi)
Egon Hostovsky		book "Le Vertige de minuit"

Produced by
Henri-Georges Clouzot	....	producer (as H.G. Clouzot)

Original Music by
Georges Auric

Cinematography by
Christian Matras

Film Editing by
Madeleine Gug

Production Design by
René Renoux

Production Management
Roger Boulais	....	production manager
Louis de Masure	....	production manager (as Louis de Masure)
Philippe Senné	....	production manager (as Philippe Senne)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Robert Ménégoz	....	assistant director (as Robert Menegoz)
Michel Romanoff	....	assistant director

Art Department
René Turbeaux	....	property master
Pierre Tyberghein	....	assistant decorator

Sound Department
Maurice Rémy	....	sound assistant
William Robert Sivel	....	sound (as W.R. Sivel)
Arthur Van der Meeren	....	sound assistant

Camera and Electrical Department
Gilbert Chain	....	camera operator
René Touillaud	....	lighting technician

Editorial Department
Ines Colignon	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Jacques Métehen	....	orchestra director (as Jacques Metehen)

Other crew
Denise Morlot	....	script girl

Production Companies

• Filmsonor
• Vera Films
• Pretoria Film

Distributors

• Cinédis (1957) (France) (theatrical)
• Constantin Film (1957) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• C'est la Vie (2003) (UK) (DVD)

Special Effects

• LAX Lab.

Also Known As:

Le spie (Italy)
The Spies
Los espías (Spain) [es]
Oi kataskopoi (Greece) [el]
Os Espiões (Portugal) [pt]
Spione am Werk (West Germany) [de]
Spionerna (Sweden) [sv]
Vakoojat (Finland) [fi]

Runtime:

125 min

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

French

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Franstudio, Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne, France

Company:

Filmsonor

Wonderful work deserves a DVD or VHS copy

Master Clouzot strikes again as in le Corbeau, another master piece which is invisible today. During some good old days French TV was showing these master pieces. Now, these master pieces are worth of a sacrifice from the all mighty editing firms and should be availiable to connoisseurs!