Le Gitan (1975) - film review

Crime / Drama

Summary

For two years, Hugo Sennart has been busy settling old scores with a society that has persecuted his gypsy brothers and sisters for decades. By raiding banks and post offices, he and his accomplices, Jo Amila and Jacques Helman, steal money, which they distribute amongst their clan. After the killing of a mayor who refused to grant gypsies permission to set up camp on some unused land, Hugo earns himself the mantle of public enemy number one. Commissioner Biot is determined to bring him and his band to justice...

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Credits

Director: José Giovanni
Script: José Giovanni (novel)
Photo: Jean-Jacques Tarbès
Music: Claude Bolling, Django Reinhardt
Cast: Alain Delon (Hugo Sennart, Le Gitan), Paul Meurisse (Yann Cuq), Annie Girardot (Ninie), Marcel Bozzuffi (Policeman Blot), Bernard Giraudeau (Mareuil), Renato Salvatori (Jo Amila, dit "Jo le boxeur"), Maurice Barrier (Jacques Helman), Maurice Biraud (Pierrot le naïf), Nicolas Vogel (Jeannot), Michel Fortin (Marcel), Pierre Danny (Riquet), Adolfo Lastretti (A brother Rinaldi), Rino Bolognesi (A brother Rinaldi), Jacques Rispal (Veterinary), Mario David (Bob), Marc Eyraud (Doctor), Georges Wod (Lawyer Yan), Albert Augier, Gabriel Briand, Paul Beauvais, Véronique Danon, Fernand Dubois, Nini Lafleur, Florence Giorgetti, Robert Klein, Irmhild Kuntz, Carole Lange, Stéphane Macha, Roland Monk, Remy Pie
Country: France
Language: French
Runtime: 102 min
Aka: The Gypsy

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