Monsieur Klein

Monsieur Klein ( M. Klein ) is a French film directed by Joseph Losey from the year 1976.

Action

1942: The Alsatian Robert Klein lives as an art dealer in German-occupied Paris and doing business with Jews who are in need. One day an issue of a Jewish newspaper it is delivered. Through his efforts, we can delete his name from the list of subscribers of the magazine, he gets in the crosshairs of the prefecture, which makes use of the subscriber list. Klein begins research and finds out that a Jewish resistance fighter used his name and is submerged in the ground. Klein's attempts to prove his innocence, reinforce the suspicions of the police. So he is the victim of large-scale raid, are " collected " during which thousands of Parisian Jews in the Vélodrome d' Hiver before their deportation to Germany and set. His friend with him lawyer can the " Aryan certificate " to the Klein had sought in his Alsatian home, not passed on time, and small can be found in the wagon with the Jews together, with whom he did business at the beginning of the film, on the way to the concentration camp.

Reviews

The filmdienst celebrated Losey's film in its contemporary critics as " Kafkaesque parable about the guilt of the individual to the survival of fascism." Monsieur Klein was " masterfully staged, photographed and played. "

Awards

The movie 1976 was represented at the Cannes Film Festival in competition for the Palme d'Or, where over Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver he had left behind. A year later, Monsieur Klein was seven times nominated for a César and won the most important French film award in the categories of Best Picture, Director and Best Production Design. Nominated for best actor Alain Delon was, however Michel Galabru had to let in The Judge and the Murderer go first.

France Italy Screenplay Raymond Danon Film score Gerry Fisher Fictional film 1976 in film 1976 Cannes Film Festival
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