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The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers (1964) [N/A]

Release Date:
August 14, 1964

Original Title:
Les Plus Belles Escroqueries du monde

Alternate Titles:
De wereld wil bedrogen worden
Sekai sagi monogatari
The Beautiful Swindlers
Världens fiffigaste svindlerier
World's Greatest Swindles
Найпрекрасніші шахрайства в світі
Самые прекрасные мошенничества в мире

Genres:
Comedy | Crime

Production Companies:
Cesar Film Productie
Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France
Primex Films
TOHO
Ulysse Productions
Vides Cinematografica

Production Countries:
France | Italy | Japan | Netherlands

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 108

Overview from TheMovieDB

Five swindle stories, taking place in five international cities: Tokyo, Japan ("Fumiko's Five Benefactors" by Hiromichi Horikawa); Amsterdam, The Netherlands ("A River of Diamonds" by Roman Polanski); Naples, Italy ("The Road Map" by Ugo Gregoretti); Paris, France ("The Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower" by Claude Chabrol); and Marrakesh, Morocco ("The Confidence Man" by Jean-Luc Godard). Godard's segment was not included in the original French cinema release, and Polanski's segment was not included on the 2016 home disc release.

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Production

Director:
Ugo Gregoretti
Roman Polanski
Claude Chabrol
Hiromichi Horikawa
Jean-Luc Godard

Director of Photography:
Raoul Coutard
Asakazu Nakai
Jean Rabier
Jerzy Lipman
Tonino Delli Colli

Editor:
Maurizio Lucidi
Agnès Guillemot
Rita van Royen
Hervé de Luze
Jacques Gaillard

Main Title Theme Composer:
Serge Gainsbourg

Original Music Composer:
Serge Gainsbourg
Michel Legrand
Pierre Jansen
Piero Umiliani
Keitaro Miho
Krzysztof Komeda

Presenter:
Pierre Roustang

Producer:
Pierre Roustang

Production Manager:
Philippe Senné
Philippe Dussart

Theme Song Performance:
Serge Gainsbourg

Writer:
Jean-Luc Godard
Ryūzō Kikushima
Claude Chabrol
Paul Gégauff
Ugo Gregoretti
Roman Polanski
Gérard Brach

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