---
title: 'Pépé le Moko (1937)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Julien Duvivier'
released: '1937-01-28'
runtime_minutes: 94
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/pepe-le-moko-1937'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029453/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Pépé le Moko (1937)

1937 · 94 min · Drama, Crime, Romance · France


## Synopsis

Pépé le Moko is a 1937 French film directed by Julien Duvivier starring Jean Gabin, based on a novel of the same name by Henri La Barthe and with sets by Jacques Krauss. An example of the 1930s French movement known as poetic realism, it recounts the trapping of a gangster on the run in Algiers, who believes that he is safe from arrest in the Casbah.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Julien Duvivier](https://cinepixo.com/people/julien-duvivier)
- **Screenplay:** [Julien Duvivier](https://cinepixo.com/people/julien-duvivier), [Henri Jeanson](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-jeanson)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Vincent Scotto](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-scotto)
- **Producer:** [Robert and Raymond Hakim](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-and-raymond-hakim)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jules Kruger](https://cinepixo.com/people/jules-kruger), [Marc Fossard](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-fossard)

## Cast

- [Gabriel Gabrio](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabriel-gabrio)
- [Charles Granval](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-granval)
- [Paul Escoffier](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-escoffier)
- [Lucas Gridoux](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucas-gridoux)
- [René Bergeron](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-bergeron)
- [Philippe Richard](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-richard)
- [Marcel Dalio](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcel-dalio)
- [Fernand Charpin](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernand-charpin)
- [Renée Carl](https://cinepixo.com/people/renee-carl)
- [Robert Ozanne](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-ozanne)
- [Roger Legris](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-legris)
- [Georges Péclet](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-peclet)
- [Gaston Modot](https://cinepixo.com/people/gaston-modot)
- [Gilbert Gil](https://cinepixo.com/people/gilbert-gil)
- [Jean Gabin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-gabin)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/pepe-le-moko-1937
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