Mr. Klein1976
Mr. Klein (1976)
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Cast
as Robert Klein
as Florence
as Pierre
as Janine
as Concierge
as Man
as Nicole
as Mr. Charles
as L'administrateur du journal
as Le gardien de la morgue
as Un policier
Critic Reviews for Mr. Klein
All Critics (15) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (15) | Rotten (0) | DVD (1)
A masterpiece of identity crisis - a mesmeric cat-and-mouse played out in dreadful, ever-lengthening shadows.
[Director Joseph] Losey has created a wholly admirable work of art.
Moody, elegantly disturbing and impeccably made by a master director, this story of blurred identities and casual immorality in German-occupied Paris benefits from what might be the best performance of star Alain Delon's long career...
Both a work of history, unstinting in its concrete depiction of political hatred and fear, and a portrait of the metaphysics of tyranny-a classic of doppelgänger paranoia that gathers the theme on a single string and pulls it into modernity.
The miracle of the film is that Losey had the imaginative guts to probe his own fears and failings.
Joseph Losey's French drama, Mr Klein (Monsieur Klein) is a quietly understated WWII thriller which features a powerful-yet-subdued performance from Alain Delon in the title role.
Audience Reviews for Mr. Klein
What is in a name? This question has profound implications during an anti-Semitic regime. The surname is a precursor to identity: Klein implies French Catholicism or Dutch Jewish ancestry. Seeking to correct a simple case of mistaken identity becomes a Kafkaesque journey. Exploration of the doppelganger is rarely more personal. A well-scripted, riveting intellectual thriller.
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