Stavisky...Directed by Alain Resnais
Produced by Simar Films, Les Films Ariane
Genres : Fiction - Runtime : 1 h 55 min
French release : 15/05/1974
Production year : 1973
DirectorActorsSynopsis Irrestisible charm and talent helps Serge Alexandre alias Stavisky, small-time swindler, to make friends with even most influential members of French industrial and political elite during the early 30s. But nothing lasts forever and when his great scam involving hundreds millions of francs gets exposed result is an unprecedented scandal that almost caused a civil war. Source : IMDb. About The film began as a commission by Jean-Paul Belmondo to the screenwriter Jorge Semprún to develop a scenario about Stavisky. Resnais, who had previously worked with Semprún on La Guerre est finie, expressed his interest in the project (after a gap of six years since his previous film); he recalled seeing as a child the waxwork figure of Stavisky in the Musée Grevin, and immediately saw the potential of Belmondo to portray him as a mysterious, charming and elegant fraudster. Semprún described the film as "a fable upon the life of bourgeois society in its corruption, on the collaboration of money and power, of the police and crime, a fable in which Alexander's craziness, his cynicism, act as catalysts". Resnais said: "What attracted me to the character of Alexandre was his connection to the theatre, to show-business in general. Stavisky seemed to me like an incredible actor, the hero of a serial novel. He had the gift of bringing reality to his fantasies by means of regal gestures." (Among many theatrical references, the film features a scene in the theatre in which Alexandre rehearses a scene from Giraudoux's Intermezzo, and another in which he attends a performance of Coriolanus. His office is adorned with theatrical posters.) Source : Wikipedia. Production and distributionAssociate production company : Simar Films, Les Films Ariane
Associate producer : Cerito films (exp)
Foreign production company : Euro International Film (EIA)
Film export/Foreign Sales : Studiocanal
French distribution : Compagnie Commerciale Française Cinématographique (CCFC)
Full creditsAssistant Directors : Jean Léon, Florence Malraux
Producers : Georges Dancigers, Alexandre Mnouchkine
Screenwriter : Jorge Semprun
Co-producer : Jean-Paul Belmondo
Director of Photography : Sacha Vierny
Sound Recordists : Bernard Bats, Jean-Pierre Ruh
Production Manager : Alain Belmondo
Editor : Albert Jurgenson
Music Composer : Stephen Sondheim
Production Designer : Jacques Saulnier
Costume Designer : Jacqueline Moreau
Technical detailsFeature film
Genres : Fiction
Sub-genre : Adventure, Crime/thriller
Themes : Fraud, News story, Justice
Production language : French
Nationality : Majority French (France)
Production year : 1973
French release : 15/05/1974
Runtime : 1 h 55 min
Current status : Released
Visa number : 41698
Visa issue date : 03/05/1974
Approval : Unknown
Production formats :
35mm
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : 1.66
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