Cartouche = Swords of Blood

France, 1961

Film
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Jean-Paul Belmondo is a good-hearted thief operating in 18th century Paris. He teams up with Venus, a gipsy pickpocket (Claudia Cardinale), overthrows the leader of the pickpocket gang (Marcel Dalio) and turns it into a crime syndicate that gives the fancy baubles of the rich to the poor. “Cartouche” encompasses tragedy, farce and violence in a popular, high-flown adventure.

Credits

director

Philippe De Broca

producer

Georges Dancigers

production company

VIDES Cinematografica

Filmsonor

Ariane

Language

French

Duration

01:54:00:00

Colour

Colour

ACMI Identifier

36682

Audience classification

MA

Subject categories

Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons â†’ Robbery

Feature films

Feature films â†’ Feature films - France

Foreign language films

Sound/audio

Sound

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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