Symphony for a Massacre

Symphony for a Massacre
French poster
Symphonie pour un massacre
Directed byJacques Deray[1]
Written byAlain Reynaud-Fourton
José Giovanni
Claude Sautet
Jacques Deray
Based onLes Mystifies by Alain Reynaud-Fourton
Produced byJulien Derode
StarringMichel Auclair
Claude Dauphin
José Giovanni
Michèle Mercier
Daniela Rocca
Jean Rochefort
Charles Vanel
CinematographyClaude Renoir
Edited byPaul Cayatte
Music byMichel Magne[2]
Color processBlack and white
Production
companies
Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique
PECF
Dear Film Produzione
Ultra Film
Distributed byRadiance Films (UK, 2024)[3]
Release date
  • 2 August 1963 (1963-08-02) (France)
Running time
110 minutes[3]
CountriesFrance
Italy
LanguageFrench[4]

Symphony for a Massacre (French: Symphonie pour un massacre), also known as The Corrupt and The Mystifier in English,[5] is a 1963 crime thriller film directed by Jacques Deray and starring Michel Auclair, Claude Dauphin, José Giovanni, Michèle Mercier, Daniela Rocca, Jean Rochefort, Charles Vanel.[6] A French and Italian co-production,[7] it is based on the novel Les Mystifies by Alain Reynaud-Fourton,[8] which was also adapted without credit in India as Johnny Gaddaar.[9] In the film, a criminal plots to betray his partners in a narcotics deal.

Plot

It’s the story of gangsters, smuggling drug dealers who try to cheat, steal each other. Actually only one among them is a kind of traitor, who tries to keep a suit case full of money. So he has to kill his accomplices. But everything doesn’t go as he plans.

Cast

References

  1. ^ "SYMPHONY FOR A MASSACRE". Cohen Media Group.
  2. ^ "Noir City: Symphony for a Massacre". Seattle International Film Festival.
  3. ^ a b "Symphony for a Massacre". British Board of Film Classification.
  4. ^ "Symphony For a Massacre". Apple TV. 23 April 1963.
  5. ^ "The Corrupt / The Mystifier". Unifrance.
  6. ^ "Symphony for a Massacre | Classic Review". Video Librarian. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Symphony for a Massacre". Institut français du Royaume-Uni.
  8. ^ Weiler, A. h. (28 May 1965). "Screen: Crime Thriller: Massacre' Moves Into Fine Arts Theater". The New York Times.
  9. ^ "Disappointing but True - JOHNNY GADDAAR was adapted from a French crime thriller. - by Bobby Sing". Archived from the original on 26 May 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.