Directed by:
François TruffautCinematography:
Raoul CoutardComposer:
Georges DelerueCast:
Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger, Albert Rémy, Michèle Mercier, Alex Joffé, Alice Sapritch, Daniel Boulanger, Claude Heymann, Claude Mansard (more)Plots(1)
Francois Truffaut portrays a film noir world of gangsters and intrigue, with Charles Aznavour as a famous concert pianist who leaves his former life behind to play in a sleazy Parisian bar. He gradually becomes involved in the criminal activities of the big-city underworld. (Artificial Eye)
Cast
Charles Aznavour
France
Best movies:
Der Zauberberg (1982)
The Tin Drum (1979)
High Infidelity (1964)
Marie Dubois
France
Best movies:
Don't Look Now: We're Being Shot At (1966)
Jules and Jim (1962)
Les Grandes Gueules (1965)
Nicole Berger
France
Best movies:
Love Is My Profession (1958)
Highway Pick-Up (1963)
He Who Must Die (1957)
Albert Rémy
France
Best movies:
The Carmelites (1960)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Grand Prix (1966)
Michèle Mercier
France
Best movies:
Goodbye Again (1961)
The Monsters (1963)
The Annuity (1972)
Alex Joffé
Egypt
Best movies:
The Big Swag (1965)
Shoot the Pianist (1960)
Alice Sapritch
Ottoman Empire
Best movies:
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976)
Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
Shoot the Pianist (1960)
Daniel Boulanger
France
Best movies:
And Now My Love (1974)
Breathless (1960)
The Discord (1978)
Claude Heymann
France
Best movies:
Shoot the Pianist (1960)
L'Age d'Or (1930)
Claude Mansard
France
Best movies:
The 400 Blows (1959)
Order of the Daisy (1967)
Breathless (1960)
Laure Paillette
Belgium
Best movies:
Agence matrimoniale (1952)
Les Misérables (1958)
Bibi Fricotin (1951)
Serge Davri
France
Best movies:
Shoot the Pianist (1960)
Six in Paris (1965)
Borsalino & Co. (1974)
Catherine Lutz
Best movies:
Stolen Kisses (1968)
Shoot the Pianist (1960)
Lola (1961)