Public Enemy No. 1 - Todestrieb (2008)
Frankreich in den siebziger Jahren: Jacques Mesrine ist durch seine zahlreichen Straftaten in Frankreich und Kanada längst zur Legende geworden. Zu einer Legende, die nach Meinung der Medien den Titel „Staatsfeind Nr. 1“ verdient. Keine Bank ist vor ihm sicher und weder Handschellen im Gerichtssaal, noch ein Hochsicherheitsgefängnis können ihn langfristig außer Gefecht setzen. In seiner Autobiographie „Der Todestrieb“ gesteht er 40 Morde, unzählige Banküberfälle und noch vieles mehr. Die Polizei bleibt bei seinen neuen Eskapaden alles andere als untätig und kommt ihm immer dichter auf die Fersen. Auch wenn Mesrine sich anscheinend von Anfang an der Tatsache bewusst war, dass er nicht an Altersschwäche sterben würde, dürfte er sein Ende wohl kaum derart grausam vorausgeahnt haben.
Der Regisseur: Jean-François Richet
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Vincent Cassel as Jacques Mesrine |
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Ludivine Sagnier as Sylvie Jeanjacquot |
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Mathieu Amalric as François Besse |
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Gérard Lanvin as Charly Bauer |
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Samuel Le Bihan as Michel Ardouin |
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Olivier Gourmet as Commissioner Broussard |
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Georges Wilson as Henri Lelièvre |
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Michel Duchaussoy as Pierre André Mesrine, father of Jacques |
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Anne Consigny as Lawyer of Jacques Mesrine |
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Laure Marsac as Interview reporter |
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Alain Fromager as Jacques Dallier, journalist for Minute |
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Alain Doutey as President of the court in Compiègne |
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Arsène Mosca as Jojo, policeman |
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Christophe Vandevelde as Inspector Gégé |
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Luc Thuillier as Commissioner OCRB / Lucien Aimé-Blanc |
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Serge Biavan as Inspector SRPJ |
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Pascal Elso as Commissioner SRPJ |
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Isabelle Vitari as Cashier |
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Michaël Vander-Meiren as Gendarme in Compiègne |
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Nicolas Abraham as Grangier |
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Joseph Malerba as Robert |
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Emmanuel Vieilly as Inspector at the cemetery |
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Myriam Boyer as Mesrine's mother |
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Pascal Liger as Boxer |
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David Bursztein as Senior sniper |
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Héléna Soubeyrand as Girlfriend of the arrest |
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Fabrice de la Villehervé as Chief Guardian |
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Vincent Jouan as Guard at prison "La Santé" |
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Éric Boucher as Guard at prison "La Santé" |
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Bernard Rosselli as Guard at prison "La Santé" |
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Philippe Le Dem as Guard at prison "La Santé" |
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Fanny Sidney as Sabrina at 16, Mesrine's daughter |
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Alain Rimoux as Advocate General |
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Olivier Pajot as President Assises Paris |
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Olivier Barthélémy as Fellow prisoner of the escape |
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Rachel Suissa as Princess Annie |
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Clémence Thioly as Princess Christiane |
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Xavier Letourneur as Brigadier-in-Chief at Deauville |
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Yan Brian as Director of the Deauville casino |
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Hervé Laudière as Daniel, farmer |
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Françoise Le Plénier as Daniel's wife |
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Jérôme Boyer as Gendarme at the police barrier |
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Clément Sasseville as Newspaper seller in London |
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Martial Courcier as Accessary abduction |
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Frédéric Constant as Billionaire's son |
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Nicolas Woirion as BMW ransom officer |
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Bernard Constant as BMW seller |
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Erica Rivolier as Charlie Bauer's wife |
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Albert Goldberg as SAVIEM driver |
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Roy Dupuis as Jean-Paul Mercier |
| Costume & Make-Up | Thi Thanh Tu Nguyen | Key Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Jean-François Richet | Director |
| Writing | Jean-François Richet | Adaptation |
| Writing | Abdel Raouf Dafri | Adaptation |
| Writing | Abdel Raouf Dafri | Writer |
| Sound | Marcus Trumpp | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Marco Beltrami | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Virginie Montel | Costume Design |
| Editing | Hervé Schneid | Editor |
| Art | Jean-Andre Carriere | Supervising Art Director |
| Production | Antoinette Boulat | Casting |
| Production | Thomas Langmann | Producer |
| Camera | Robert Gantz | Director of Photography |
| Production | André Rouleau | Producer |
| Editing | Bill Pankow | Editor |
| Art | Philippe Cord'homme | Set Decoration |
| Production | Maxime Rémillard | Producer |
| Sound | François Groult | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Gérard Hardy | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Pascal Chauvin | Foley Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mélodie Evrard | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christophe Giraud | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Max Adler | Executive Producer |
| Production | Daniel Delume | Executive Producer |
| Production | Serge Hayat | Producer |
| Production | Ruben Samuel Sachs | Executive Producer |
| Production | Olivier Sonnier | Executive Producer |