The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers
1964, French. Directed by Hiromichi Horikawa & Roman Polanski & Ugo Gregoretti & Claude Chabrol & Jean-Luc Godard.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Hiromichi HorikawaDirector
- Roman PolanskiDirector
- Ugo GregorettiDirector
- Claude ChabrolDirector
- Jean-Luc GodardDirector
- Mie HamaYoshie (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de Fumiko")
- Ken MitsudaComposer (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de Fumiko")
- Yatsuko Tan'amiKinu (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de Fumiko")
- Nicole KarenSwindler (segment "La Rivière de diamants")
- Jan TeulingsDutchman (segment "La Rivière de diamants")
- Arnold GeldermanJeweller (segment "La Rivière de diamants")
- Gabriella GiorgelliMaria Rosa (segment "La Feuille de route")
- Giuseppe Mannajuolo(segment "La Feuille de route")
- Guido GiusepponeGiuseppone (segment "La Feuille de route")
- Jean-Pierre CasselAlain des Arcys (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel")
- Francis BlancheMr. Humlaupt (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel")
- Catherine DeneuveSwindler (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel")
Details
- Released
- 14 August 1964
- Original title
- Les Plus Belles Escroqueries du monde
- Country
- France, Italy, Japan, Netherlands
- Written by
- Jean-Luc Godard, Ryuzo Kikushima, Gérard Brach
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The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers runs 108 minutes (1h 48m).
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Who directed The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers?
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers (1964) was directed by Hiromichi Horikawa and Roman Polanski and Ugo Gregoretti and Claude Chabrol and Jean-Luc Godard and stars Mie Hama, Ken Mitsuda, Yatsuko Tan'ami.