Synopsis

Five swindle stories, taking place successively in Tokyo (Les cinq bienfaiteurs de Fumiko), Amsterdam (La riviere de diamants), Naples (La feuille de route), Paris (L'homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel) and Marrakech (Le Grand escroc).

Actors (28)

Mie Hama(Geisha (Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de Fumiko))

Ken Matsuda(Le compositeur (Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de Fumiko))

Yatsuko Tan'ami(Le détective (Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de Fumiko))

Arnold Gelderman(Le bijoutier (La Rivière de Diamants))

Nicole Karen(L'escroc (La Rivière de Diamants))

Gabriella Giorgelli(La Feuille de Route)

Guido Guiseppone(La Feuille de Route)

Giuseppe Mannajuolo(La Feuille de Route)

Jean-Pierre Cassel(Alain des Arcys (L'Homme qui vendit la Tour Eiffel))

Francis Blanche(L'Allemand (L'Homme qui vendit la Tour Eiffel))

Jan Teulings(L'hollandais (L'Homme qui vendit la Tour Eiffel))

Catherine Deneuve(L'escroc (L'Homme qui vendit la Tour Eiffel))

Sacha Briquet(L'Homme qui vendit la Tour Eiffel)

Christian Lentretien(L'Homme qui vendit la Tour Eiffel)

Jean-Louis Maury(L'Homme qui vendit la Tour Eiffel)

Philomène Toulouse(L'Homme qui vendit la Tour Eiffel)

Pierre Arland(L'Homme qui vendit la Tour Eiffel)

Henri Attal(L'Homme qui vendit la Tour Eiffel)

Michel Charrel(L'Homme qui vendit la Tour Eiffel)

Gilbert Denoyan(L'Homme qui vendit la Tour Eiffel)

Marcel Gassouk(L'Homme qui vendit la Tour Eiffel)

André Letourneur(L'Homme qui vendit la Tour Eiffel)

André Stanislas(L'Homme qui vendit la Tour Eiffel)

Dominique Zardi(L'Homme qui vendit la Tour Eiffel)

Charles Denner(Le faussaire (Le Grand escroc))

Jean-Luc Godard(L'homme à Fès (Le Grand escroc))

Jean Seberg(Patricia Leacock (Le Grand escroc))

László Szabó(L'inpecteur de police (Le Grand escroc))

Production and distribution (5)

Executive Producers :

Ulysse Films, Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France

Foreign production companies :

Primex Italiana, Toho Film (Eiga) Co. Ltd.

French distribution :

Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France

Co-productions :

Vides Cinematografica, Caesar Film

Film exports/foreign sales :

Gaumont

TV Broadcasts: Cumulative total

TV broadcasts: details by country

About

About...

This anthology helmed by four talented filmmakers, Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard, Hiromichi Horikawa, and Roman Polanski, allows viewers to meet and observe four international con artists. Each story is set within a different city. "Amsterdam" follows the attempts of a seductive Dutch woman to entice an elderly man into buying her an expensive necklace in exchange for sex. He does, and she immediately runs away and uses the bauble, not realizing that it is worth a fortune, to purchase a parrot. In "Paris," a con man sells a tourist rube the Eiffel Tower. The entrepreneurial dolt ends up arrested after trying to charge an admission fee to visitors. "Naples" centers on a band of hookers who listen to their pimp and seek out old men in retirement villages. They convince the old fellows to marry them so they will not be forced to leave the city. Unfortunately for the pimp, the delighted geezers will not allow their brides to work. In the grim finale "Tokyo" a greedy Japanese barmaid serves her aged escort too many noodles. He promptly chokes to death and after he falls, she yanks out his teeth and runs them to a pawn shop. She is hoping they are platinum. They aren't and she is arrested for murder. ~

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