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Objectif 500 millions
Directed byPierre Schoendoerffer
Written byPierre Schoendoerffer
(scenario and dialogue)
Jorge Semprún
(collaboration)
Based onAlbert Conroy (novel)
(as Martin Albert)
Produced byGérard Beytout
Georges de Beauregard
René Pignières
StarringBruno Cremer
Marisa Mell
CinematographyAlain Levent
Edited byArmand Psenny
Music byPierre Jansen
Color processBlack and white
Production
companies
Laetitia Film
Rome Paris FIlm
Distributed bySociété Nouvelle de Cinématographie
Release date
  • 29 June 1966 (1966-06-29)
Running time
91 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
LanguageFrench

Objectif: 500 millions is a 1966 French crime drama film written and directed by Pierre Schoendoerffer and starring Bruno Cremer and Marisa Mell. who made it after the success of The 317th Platoon (1965).[1] Jorge Semprun collaborated with Schoendoerffer on his screenplay.

Plot

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Reichau (Bruno Cremer) is a one time French Army captain who served three years in prison for belonging to the OAS during the Algerian War. He arrives in France, unsure what to do with his life. He decides to take part in a heist organized by Pierre (Jean-Claude Rolland), the man who sent him to prison, and mediated by the beautiful and enigmatic Yo (Marisa Mell). The heist consists of stealing a bag containing 500 million francs during a plane flight.

Cast

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  • Bruno Cremer as Le capitaine Jean Reichau
  • Marisa Mell as Yo
  • Jean-Claude Rolland as Pierre
  • Etienne Bierry as Douard
  • Pierre Fromont as Le commandant (as P. Fromont)
  • Jean-François Chauvel as Un ancien militaire de l'unité (as J.F. Chauvel)
  • D. Zimbaca as Himself
  • Hong Mai Thomas as La compagne de Douard (as T. Hong-Mai)

Reception

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The film was not a box office success being the 106th most popular movie at the French box office with admissions of 497,369.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Pierre Schoendoerffer: French director whose army service in Indochina inspired him to make one of the finest modern war films [Eire Region] The Times 16 Mar 2012: 46.
  2. ^ "Box Office in France 1966". Box office Story.
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