Mr. Klein

In the nightmare labyrinth of the Occupation

Overview:

In Nazi-occupied Paris, the immoral art dealer, Robert Klein, leads a life of luxury, until a copy of a Jewish newspaper brings him to the attention of the police, linking him with a mysterious doppelgänger. Will Mr Klein clear his name?

Released: 1976-09-23

Duration: 02:03:00

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Keywords: Paris, France, World War Ii, Jew Persecution

Director: Joseph Losey, Philippe Monnier, Rémy Duchemin

Writer: Costa-Gavras, Franco Solinas, Fernando Morandi

Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Alain Delon, Joseph Losey

Writer: Costa-Gavras Franco Solinas Fernando Morandi

Cast: Jeanne Moreau Alain Delon Joseph Losey Francine Racette Gérard Jugnot Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu Jean Bouise Michel Aumont Massimo Girotti Isabelle Sadoyan Michael Lonsdale Maurice Vallier Suzanne Flon Juliet Berto Philippe Brizard Francine Bergé Michel Delahaye Jenny Clève Roland Bertin Jean Champion Etienne Chicot Magali Clément Hermine Karagheuz Dany Kogan Jacques Maury Fred Personne Louis Seigner Elisabeth Kaza Carole Lange Lucienne Le Marchand Rosine Rochette Pierre Vernier François Viaur Brigitte Ariel Marius Balbinot Maurice Baquet Raymond Danon Thierry de Brem Christian de Tillière Pierre Frag Mireille Franchino David Gabison Maurice Jany Stephane Quatrehomme Jean Topart Danielle Verne

Genre: Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

Keywords: Paris, France World War Ii Jew Persecution Art Dealer Doppelgänger Police Raid Nazi Collaborationism Nazi Occupation 1940s

Description

Paris, January 1942. France is occupied by the Nazis. Robert Klein, apparently apolitical, is a well-to-do art dealer, Roman Catholic and Alsatian by birth, who takes advantage of French Jews who need to sell artworks to raise cash to leave the country. One day, the local Jewish newspaper, addressed to him, is delivered to his home.

He learns that another Robert Klein who has been living in Paris, a Jew sought by police, has had his own mail forwarded to him in an apparent attempt to destroy his social reputation and make him a target of official anti-Semitism. He reports this to the police, who remain suspicious he may be reporting this scheme to disguise his own true identity. His own investigations lead him in contradictory directions, to Klein who lives in a slum while having an affair with his concierge and to Klein who visits a palatial country estate where he has seduced an apparently Jewish married woman.

When the art dealer cannot locate the other Klein, authorities require him to offer proof of his French non-Jewish ancestry. While waiting for the documentation to arrive, he struggles to track down his namesake and learn his motivation. Before he can resolve the situation by either means, he is caught up in the July 1942 roundup of Parisian Jews. He is reunited with Jews who once were his clients as they board boxcars for Auschwitz.

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