---
title: 'Le Cercle rouge (1970)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jean-Pierre Melville'
released: '1970-10-20'
runtime_minutes: 140
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/le-cercle-rouge-1970'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065531/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Le Cercle rouge (1970)

1970 · 140 min · Drama, Crime · France, Italy


## Synopsis

Le Cercle Rouge is a 1970 French crime film written and directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. It stars Alain Delon, Bourvil, Gian Maria Volonté, François Périer and Yves Montand. The film is known for its climactic heist sequence which is about half an hour in length and has almost no dialogue.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jean-Pierre Melville](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-pierre-melville)
- **Screenplay:** [Jean-Pierre Melville](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-pierre-melville)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Éric Demarsan](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-demarsan)
- **Producer:** [Robert Dorfmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-dorfmann)
- **Director of Photography:** [Henri Decaë](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-decae)

## Cast

- [Jacques Galland](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-galland)
- [André Ekyan](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-ekyan)
- [Robert Favart](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-favart)
- [Jean-Pierre Castaldi](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-pierre-castaldi)
- [Yves Arcanel](https://cinepixo.com/people/yves-arcanel)
- [Mireille Darc](https://cinepixo.com/people/mireille-darc)
- [Jean Franval](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-franval)
- [Guy Henri](https://cinepixo.com/people/guy-henri)
- [Gian Maria Volonte](https://cinepixo.com/people/gian-maria-volonte)
- [Pierre Collet](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-collet)
- [Paul Crauchet](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-crauchet)
- [Yvan Chiffre](https://cinepixo.com/people/yvan-chiffre)
- [Roger Fradet](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-fradet)
- [Yves Montand](https://cinepixo.com/people/yves-montand)
- [Alain Delon](https://cinepixo.com/people/alain-delon)

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