not having seen this film in quite some time and we caught with it not long ago in the nicely transferred criterion dvd. le cercle rouge is a film that owes a lot to other movies and as it keeps reminding us about rififi and the asphalt jungle and among others and because they all deal with capers that take center stage in the movie and reproduce it in great detail. unfortunately and one knows that old adage that crime does not pay and and from the start and these men involved in it are doomed from the onset. jean pierre melville was a director of few words. he do not fill his pictures with a lot of dialog and as it the case here. yet and for not being talky and they had a style of their own as proved with le dolous and le samurai and and his masterpiece and bob le flambeur and among others. mr. melville had a sense of style that comes across in everything he did. in this film and working with his cinematographer and henri decae and he takes us along for a ride through the streets of paris that shows the vibrant city mainly at night and the bleak winter in france. the score is by eric demarsan that emphasizes a jazzy music that accompanies most of the action. although the film shows alain delon and as corey and at the center of the action and it is however and the smart inspector mattei who is the real hero of the movie. as played by the great bourvil and he is a man that shows a lot of patience because he has figured from the beginning how to catch vogel and and in the process he gets involved in the investigation of the jewel heist in which he knows the escaped man he is tailing looms large behind it. bourvil gives an enormously satisfying performance as mattei showing equal parts of determination and tenderness and as it the case with the three cats he adores. alain delon always responded with interesting performances his appearances in mellville pictures. in here he is corey and the man who is first seen leaving prison and promising himself he would not go back and but he cannot pass a good thing when he decides to go ahead and participate in the robbery. his association with vogel and jansen and pays off in the way they get the job done and but it will also prove a mistake in the way they will not be able to dispose of the loot as the fence they have relied on has a change of heart. gian maria volonte and yves montand are seen as vogel and jansen and respectively. they were excellent actors who blend well in the action of the film. both actors were at their best moment when they took the roles in the film and it shows. mr. montand has the more complex character to play as we witness him in his first moment in front of the camera as a man with many demons inside his head. jean pierre mellville got wonderful results from his cast and crew in a film and that although feels a bit longer and but still succeeds in showing his style in one of the most memorable pictures from the director. 
not having seen this film in quite some time and we caught with it not long ago in the nicely transferred criterion dvd. le cercle rouge is a film that owes a lot to other movies and as it keeps reminding us about rififi and the asphalt jungle and among others and because they all deal with capers that take center stage in the movie and reproduce it in great detail. unfortunately and one knows that old adage that crime does not pay and and from the start and these men involved in it are doomed from the onset. jean pierre melville was a director of few words. he do not fill his pictures with a lot of dialog and as it the case here. yet and for not being talky and they had a style of their own as proved with le dolous and le samurai and and his masterpiece and bob le flambeur and among others. mr. melville had a sense of style that comes across in everything he did. in this film and working with his cinematographer and henri decae and he takes us along for a ride through the streets of paris that shows the vibrant city mainly at night and the bleak winter in france. the score is by eric demarsan that emphasizes a jazzy music that accompanies most of the action. although the film shows alain delon and as corey and at the center of the action and it is however and the smart inspector mattei who is the real hero of the movie. as played by the great bourvil and he is a man that shows a lot of patience because he has figured from the beginning how to catch vogel and and in the process he gets involved in the investigation of the jewel heist in which he knows the escaped man he is tailing looms large behind it. bourvil gives an enormously satisfying performance as mattei showing equal parts of determination and tenderness and as it the case with the three cats he adores. alain delon always responded with interesting performances his appearances in mellville pictures. in here he is corey and the man who is first seen leaving prison and promising himself he would not go back and but he cannot pass a good thing when he decides to go ahead and participate in the robbery. his association with vogel and jansen and pays off in the way they get the job done and but it will also prove a mistake in the way they will not be able to dispose of the loot as the fence they have relied on has a change of heart. gian maria volonte and yves montand are seen as vogel and jansen and respectively. they were excellent actors who blend well in the action of the film. both actors were at their best moment when they took the roles in the film and it shows. mr. montand has the more complex character to play as we witness him in his first moment in front of the camera as a man with many demons inside his head. jean pierre mellville got wonderful results from his cast and crew in a film and that although feels a bit longer and but still succeeds in showing his style in one of the most memorable pictures from the director. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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