Rififi
![Movie poster illustrates Tony "le Stephanois" wearing a green jacket over a red background. In the background Jo "le Suédois" attempts to pull a telephone away from his wife. Text at the top of the image includes the tagline "Tony le Stephanois est exact au rendez-vous...". Text at the bottom of the poster reveals the original title and production credits.](/Images/godic/202502/07/Rifififrenchposter3530.jpg")
![Tony telling the tied-up César](/Images/godic/202502/07/RififiDassin3530.jpg")
![Composer Georges Auric (pictured) and director Jules Dassin disagreed originally on the music during the heist scene.](/Images/godic/202502/07/Georges_Auric_19403530.jpg")
![Japanese theatrical release poster for Du rififi chez les femmes (1959).](/Images/godic/202502/07/Rififi_poster3530.jpg")
Rififi (French:Du rififi chez les hommes) is a 1955 French crime film adaptation of Auguste Le Breton's novel of the same name. Directed by American blacklisted filmmaker Jules Dassin, the film stars Jean Servais as the aging gangster Tony "le Stéphanois", Carl Möhner as Jo "le Suédois", Robert Manuel as Mario Farrati, and Jules Dassin as César "le Milanais". The foursome band together to commit an almost impossible theft, the burglary of an exclusive jewelry shop on the Rue de Rivoli. The centerpiece of the film is an intricate half-hour heist scene depicting the crime in detail, shot in near silence, without dialogue or music. The fictional burglary has been mimicked by criminals in actual crimes around the world.