The 400 Blows
A restless Parisian teenager desperate to break free from his oppressive home and school hijacks a typewriter to fund his escape, only to be caught and thrust into a night behind bars where the stakes of his rebellion become starkly real.
“Angel faces hell-bent for violence.”
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Antoine Doinel, a young boy from Paris, faces a series of challenging situations in his life. He is constantly dealing with inconsiderate adults, particularly his neglectful parents. Alongside his best friend, Rene, Antoine dreams of a better future and tries to devise plans to achieve it. However, when one of their schemes goes wrong, Antoine finds himself in legal trouble, which results in further conflicts with unsympathetic authority figures.
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Edited by Marie Josephe YoyotteShot by Henri DecaeScored by Jean Constantin
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Also known as
- Sie küssten und sie schlugen ihnde
- Sie küßten und sie schlugen ihnde
- The 400 Blowsen
- Los 400 golpeses
- I quattrocento colpiit
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Cast & Crew
43 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Jean Pierre Leaud
as Antoine Doinel
Albert Remy
as Julien Doinel - le beau-père d'Antoine
Claire Maurier
as Gilberte Doinel
Guy Decomble
as 'Petite Feuille' - l'instituteur
Georges Flamant
as Mr. Bigey
Patrick Auffay
as René
Robert Beauvais
as Directeur de l'école
Daniel Couturier
as Bertrand Mauricet - un élève
Yvonne Claudie
as Mme Bigey
Francois Nocher
as Un délinquant
Pierre Repp
as Professeur d'anglais
Richard Kanayan
as Un élève
Supporting cast
27Renaud Fontanarosa
as Un élève
Michel Girard
as Enfant
Serge Moati
as Enfant
Bernard Abbou
as Enfant
Jean Francois Bergouignan
as Enfant
Michel Lesignor
as Enfant
Jean Claude Brialy
as L' Homme dans la rue
Jeanne Moreau
as La Femme avec le chien
Bouchon
Luc Andrieux
as Le Professeur de gym
Christian Brocard
as L'escroc de la machine à écrire
Marius Laurey
as Inspecteur Cabanel
Claude Mansard
as Le juge
Jacques Monod
as Le commissaire de police
Henri Virlogeux
as Le garde de nuit
Charles L Bitsch
as Officier de police (non crédité)
Philippe De Broca
as Homme dans une fête foraine (non crédité)
Francois Truffaut
as Homme dans une fête foraine (non crédité)
Louise Chevalier
as Une commère(non crédité)
Armand Coppello
as Petit peu(non crédité)
Jacques Demy
as Policier (non crédité)
Jean Douchet
as L'amant de Gilberte (non crédité)
Marianne Girard
as (non crédité)
Jean Luc Godard
as (voix) (non crédité)
Simon Jolivet
as (non crédité)
Laure Paillette
as Une commère(non crédité)
Gerard Van Ruymbeke
as Enfant (non crédité)
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