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Mr Klein
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This Monsieur Klein Poster gives off a heavy and oppressive atmosphere, which reflects the dark period of the Nazi occupation in Paris in 1942. The sets, costumes and music contribute to creating this heavy and distressing atmosphere.
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- 🎨 Canvas: world standard in terms of printing and imitating a “painting canvas” appearance .
- By default, the poster contains a 4 cm white border for framing (frame not included). If you don't want it, please choose "without white border".
- ✅ Size: several choices available . ✅
- Great UV resistance .
- Maximum color vibrancy, without reflections .
- Recycled paper, guaranteeing respect for the environment.
- Poster carefully packaged and delivered in a protective tube for total protection .
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Description of this Mr. Klein Poster
Monsieur Klein is a 1976 crime film directed by Joseph Losey, produced by Alain Delon and starring him in the title role. Set in Vichy France, the Kafkaesque tale follows a seemingly pagan Parisian art dealer who is apparently mistaken for a Jewish man of the same name and targeted during the Holocaust, unable to prove his identity.
The film is a French and Italian co-production and was first presented at the Cannes Film Festival in 1976. It was widely acclaimed by critics and won three César Awards: Best Film, Best Director (Joseph Losey) and that of best director (Alexandre Trauner). Alain Delon was nominated in the Best Actor category.
Paris, January 1942. France is occupied by the Nazis. Robert Klein, apparently apolitical and amoral[6], is a wealthy art dealer, Catholic and Alsatian by birth, who takes advantage of French Jews who need to sell works of art to raise money to leave the country.
One day, the local Jewish newspaper, addressed to him, was delivered to his home. He learned that another Robert Klein living in Paris, a Jew wanted by the police, had forwarded his own mail to him with the apparent aim of destroying his social reputation and making him the target of official anti-Semitism. He reported it to the police, who suspected him of wanting to conceal his true identity by denouncing this scheme.
His own investigations lead him in contradictory directions, to Klein who lives in a slum while having an affair with his caretaker and to Klein who visits a palatial estate in the countryside where he has seduced an apparently Jewish married woman.
When the art dealer is unable to locate the other Klein, the authorities ask him to provide proof of his non-Jewish French ancestry. While waiting for the documents to reach him, he strives to find his namesake and learn his motivations. Before he could resolve the situation by either means, he was caught up in the July 1942 roundup of Parisian Jews.
The film offers no clear resolution to its conflicting evidence and impasses. It ends when he finds the Jews who had been his clients and who board wagons for Auschwitz.
