Pépé le Moko
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Pépé le Moko ( [pe.pe lə mo.ko]) is a 1937 French film directed by Julien Duvivier starring Jean Gabin, based on a novel of the same name by Henri La Barthe and with sets by Jacques Krauss.
Pépé le Moko: Directed by Julien Duvivier. With Jean Gabin, Gabriel Gabrio, Saturnin Fabre, Fernand Charpin. A wanted gangster is both king and prisoner of the Casbah. He is protected from arrest by his friends, but is torn by his desire for freedom outside.
The notorious Pépé le moko (Jean Gabin, in a truly iconic performance) is a wanted man: women long for him, rivals hope to destroy him, and the law is breathing down his neck at every turn.
Currently you are able to watch "Pépé le Moko" streaming on Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel. It is also possible to buy "Pépé le Moko" on Apple TV as download or rent it on Apple TV online.
A precursor to the film noir melodramas Hollywood would begin churning out in just a few more years, Pepe Le Moko (1937) is a landmark of French poetic realism. The story follows Pepe (Jean Gabin), a wanted gangster, as he holes up with his gang in a hideaway in the Parisian neighborhood of Algiers.
Pépé le Moko, one of France's most wanted criminals, hides out in the Casbah section of Algiers. He knows police will be waiting for him if he tries to leave the city. When Pépé meets Gaby, a gorgeous woman from Paris who is lost in the Casbah, he falls for her.
Pépé le Moko (Jean Gabin), one of France's most wanted criminals, hides out in the Casbah section of Algiers. He knows police will be waiting for him if he tries...
