Little Caesar (film)

  • Edward G. Robinson: Caesar Enrico Bandello
  • Douglas Fairbanks Jr.: Joe Massara
  • Glenda Farrell: Olga Stassoff
  • William Collier Jr.: Tony Passa
  • Stanley Fields: Sam Vettori
  • Sidney Blackmer: Big Boy
  • Ralph Ince: Pete Montana
  • Thomas Jackson: Sergeant Flaherty
  • Maurice Black: Little Arnie Lorch
  • George E. Stone: Otero
  • Armand Kaliz: DeVoss
  • Nick Bela: Ritz Colonna

The Little Caesar (alternatively, The Little Caesar ) is an American gangster film directed by Mervyn LeRoy from the year 1931. The screenplay was based on the novel by William Riley Burnett. In the title role, Edward G. Robinson plays, which has become known to a wider audience through this film. The Little Caesar marks the beginning of the heyday of the American gangster film hard in the early 1930s. For this subgenre He has also been an style icon.

Action

Caesar Enrico Bandello and Joe Massara do not want to settle for trying to earn as petty criminals their money. Massara sought a career as a dancer. " Rico " Bandello, however, remains true to its environment, develops into a ruthless member of the gang of Sam Vettori, then boots from his boss and eventually as " Little Caesar " arrived at the height of his gangster career. There he can assert itself until he makes the mistake of trying to take Joe Massara in his gang. The friend from the past has in fact opted for a solid life at the side of his girlfriend Olga, of which he can be persuaded to act as a witness for a murder committed by Bandello. The crime boss has to flee and can hide undetected for some time in a homeless shelter, at least until it succeeds the police to put him. His end of the once -powerful underworld boss finally finds the hail of police bullets.

German version

The German synchronous processing was only in 1970 for ZDF.

Reviews

  • " The film, which marks the beginning of the great gangster films of Hollywood provides a based on realism and stylization study of a big city gangster scene where Robinson stands out hard, authentic playing. " ( Rating: 3 of 4 stars = very good) - Adolf Meier Heinzl and Berndt Schulz: Encyclopedia " Movies on TV ", 1990
  • " Mervyn LeRoy turned with " Little Caesar " an objective and detached designed crooks portrait that became a seminal contribution in the gangster film genre. " - The Great TV Game Film Encyclopedia

Awards

DVD Release

  • The Little Caesar. Warner Home Video 2005
1931 in film Hal B. Wallis Darryl F. Zanuck Film score Ernö Rapée Mob film 2000 National Film Registry 2008 American Film Institute W. R. Burnett I Found Stella Parish Anthony Adverse Escape (1940 film) Random Harvest (film) Madame Curie (film) Little Women (1949 film) A Majority of One
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