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The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers

1964 · 1h 48m · Crime, Comedy

Five swindle stories, taking place in five international cities: Tokyo, Japan ("Fumiko's Five Benefactors" by Hiromichi Horikawa); Amsterdam, The Netherlands ("A River of Diamonds" by Roman Polanski); Naples, Italy ("The Road Map" by Ugo Gregoretti); Paris, France ("The Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower" by Claude Chabrol); and Marrakesh, Morocco ("The Confidence Man" by Jean-Luc Godard). Godard's segment was not included in the original French cinema release, and Polanski's segment was not included on the 2016 home disc release.

Cast

• Mie Hama as Yoshie (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de Fumiko")
• Ken Mitsuda as Composer (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de Fumiko")
• Yatsuko Tan'ami as Kinu (segment "Les Cinq Bienfaiteurs de Fumiko")
• Nicole Karen as Swindler (segment "La Rivière de diamants")
• Jan Teulings as Dutchman (segment "La Rivière de diamants")
• Arnold Gelderman as Jeweller (segment "La Rivière de diamants")
• Gabriella Giorgelli as Maria Rosa (segment "La Feuille de route")
• Giuseppe Mannajuolo as (segment "La Feuille de route")
• Guido Giuseppone as Giuseppone (segment "La Feuille de route")
• Jean-Pierre Cassel as Alain des Arcys (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel")
• Francis Blanche as Mr. Humlaupt (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel")
• Catherine Deneuve as Swindler (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel")

Details

Director

Ugo Gregoretti, Roman Polanski, Claude Chabrol, Hiromichi Horikawa and Jean-Luc Godard

Released

August 14, 1964

Runtime

1h 48m

Genres

Crime, Comedy

Studio

Primex Films, Ulysse Productions and Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France

Status

Released

TMDB score

5.4 / 10 from 23 votes