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Mr. Klein

1976 · 123 min

A cold, Kafkaesque descent into paranoia and moral blindness, suffocating in its quiet inevitability.

Directed by
Joseph Losey
Genres
Mystery, Drama, Thriller
Tagline
In the nightmare labyrinth of the Occupation
Overview
Paris, France, 1942, during the Nazi occupation. Robert Klein, a successful art dealer who benefits from the misfortunes of those who are ruthlessly persecuted, discovers by chance that there is another Robert Klein, apparently a Jewish man; someone with whom he could be mistakenly identified, something dangerous in such harsh times.

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Directed by
Joseph Losey
Genres
Mystery, Drama, Thriller
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • isolation
  • guilt
  • betrayal
  • fate
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour1
Realism8
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity8
Emotional weight8

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Genres
mystery, drama, thriller
Directed by
Joseph Losey
Written by
Franco Solinas
Starring
Alain Delon, Jeanne Moreau, Francine Bergé, Juliet Berto, Jean Bouise, Suzanne Flon, Massimo Girotti, Michael Lonsdale
Music
Egisto Macchi, Pierre Porte
Cinematography
Gerry Fisher
Runtime
123 min
Country
France, Italy
Languages
French

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