Ein eleganter Gauner (1946)
François Eugène Vidocq, der Gentleman-Kriminelle und freche Casanova zur Biedermeierzeit in Frankreich, erzählt seine Lebensgeschichte: wie er im Gefängnis geboren wird, einer reichen Marquise die Juwelen raubt und plant, die Bank von Paris auszuräumen. Doch das Schicksal meint es anders mit ihm. Er wird Polizeichef von Paris und kann als Schwiegersohn des Polizeiministers seine dunkle Laufbahn ehrbar aufgeben.
Der Regisseur: Douglas Sirk
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George Sanders as Eugéne François Vidocq |
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Signe Hasso as Therese De Pierremont |
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Carole Landis as Loretta de Richet |
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Akim Tamiroff as Emile Vernet |
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Gene Lockhart as Prefect of Police Richet |
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Alma Kruger as Marquise De Pierremont |
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Alan Napier as Houdon De Pierremont, Police Minister |
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Jo Ann Marlowe as Mimi De Pierremont |
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Vladimir Sokoloff as Uncle Hugo |
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Pedro de Cordoba as Priest |
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Leona Maricle as Owner of Dress Shop |
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Fritz Leiber as Painter |
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Skelton Knaggs as Cousin Pierre |
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Fred Nurney as Cousin Gabriel |
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Gisela Werbisek as Aunt Ernestine |
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Marvin Davis as Little Louis |
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Barbara Bates as Girl by pool |
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Cindy Garner as Girl by pool |
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Mary Icide as Girl by pool |
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Daun Kennedy as Girl by pool |
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Sam Harris as Stage Show Spectator |
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Julius Tannen as Bank of Paris Manager |
| Directing | Douglas Sirk | Director |
| Crew | Eugène-François Vidocq | In Memory Of |
| Writing | Ellis St. Joseph | Adaptation |
| Production | Arnold Pressburger | Producer |
| Production | Fred Pressburger | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Hanns Eisler | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Guy Roe | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Eugen Schüfftan | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Albrecht Joseph | Editor |
| Art | Gordon Wiles | Production Design |
| Art | Frank Paul Sylos | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Norma Koch | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ern Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Ray Heinz | Production Manager |
| Production | Eugen Schüfftan | Production Supervisor |
| Directing | Joseph Depew | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Emile Kuri | Set Dressing Artist |
| Sound | William H. Lynch | Sound |
| Sound | David Chudnow | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | Harold Byrns | Orchestrator |
| Crew | Arnold Pressburger | Presenter |
| Sound | Heinz Roemheld | Conductor |