Mr. Klein

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Buy This Item Mr. Klein by Homevision  Available from Amazon  $17.99  on 11-26-2008     Both a thriller and a Kafkaesque dissertation on identity, Joseph Losey's <i>Mr. Klein</i> stars Alain Delon (<i>Le Samorai, Le Cercle rouge</i>) as Robert Klein—a charming and unscrupulous art dealer in Nazi-occupied France. As Jews flee Paris, Klein exploits them, preying on their desperation by buying their valuables at a fraction of their worthuntil he finds his name is shared by a Jewish criminal who is a member of the anti-Nazi resistance. Klein reports this to the authorities only to find he is uncontrollably sinking into the quicksand of mistaken identity. Co-starring Jeanne Moreau (<i>La Femme Nikita</i>), <i>Mr. Klein</i> is an award-winning suspense classic that studies the ever-changing relationship between victim and oppressor. Reader Reviews Mr Klein got a rough ride from the critics, but it's every bit as impressive as I remembered it being. In many ways it's a classic Doppelganger plot, but by placing it in the run-up to Vichy France's deportation of the Jews (ascribed entirely to the French here: while we see their officials silently preparing throughout the film, it's more than a hour before we see a single German uniform, and then only in a cabaret audience). It even makes Klein's mounting obsession with the other Mr Klein (only once fleetingly glanced from behind by a completely disinterested camera) credible as it becomes stronger than his will to survive. Impressive. The only extras are the US trailer and sleeve notes.

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