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French Connection II

  • 1975
  • 16
  • 1 Std. 59 Min.
IMDb-BEWERTUNG
6,7/10
22.523
IHRE BEWERTUNG
Gene Hackman and Fernando Rey in French Connection II (1975)
Spanish Trailer for this classic sequel
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Cop DramaPolice ProceduralActionCrimeDramaThriller

"Popeye" Doyle reist nach Marseille, um Alain Charnier zu finden, den Drogenschmuggler, der ihm in New York entkommen ist."Popeye" Doyle reist nach Marseille, um Alain Charnier zu finden, den Drogenschmuggler, der ihm in New York entkommen ist."Popeye" Doyle reist nach Marseille, um Alain Charnier zu finden, den Drogenschmuggler, der ihm in New York entkommen ist.

  • Regie
    • John Frankenheimer
  • Drehbuch
    • Alexander Jacobs
    • Robert Dillon
    • Laurie Dillon
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • Gene Hackman
    • Fernando Rey
    • Bernard Fresson
  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
  • IMDb-BEWERTUNG
    6,7/10
    22.523
    IHRE BEWERTUNG
    • Regie
      • John Frankenheimer
    • Drehbuch
      • Alexander Jacobs
      • Robert Dillon
      • Laurie Dillon
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • Gene Hackman
      • Fernando Rey
      • Bernard Fresson
    • 120Benutzerrezensionen
    • 51Kritische Rezensionen
    • 68Metascore
  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
    • Nominiert für 1 BAFTA Award
      • 3 Nominierungen insgesamt

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    Gene Hackman
    Gene Hackman
    • Doyle
    Fernando Rey
    Fernando Rey
    • Alain Charnier
    Bernard Fresson
    Bernard Fresson
    • Barthélémy
    Philippe Léotard
    Philippe Léotard
    • Jacques
    • (as Philippe Leotard)
    Ed Lauter
    Ed Lauter
    • General Brian
    Charles Millot
    Charles Millot
    • Miletto
    Jean-Pierre Castaldi
    Jean-Pierre Castaldi
    • Raoul
    Cathleen Nesbitt
    Cathleen Nesbitt
    • The Old Lady
    Samantha Llorens
    • Denise
    André Penvern
    André Penvern
    • Bartender
    Reine Prat
    • Young Girl on the Beach
    Raoul Delfosse
    • Dutch Captain
    Ham Chau Luong
    • Japanese Captain
    Jacques Dynam
    Jacques Dynam
    • Inspector Genevoix
    Malek Kateb
    • Algerian Chief
    • (as Malek Eddine)
    Pierre Collet
    • Old Pro
    Alexandre Fabre
    Alexandre Fabre
    • Young Inspector
    Jean-Pierre Zola
    Jean-Pierre Zola
    • Dumpy Policeman
    • Regie
      • John Frankenheimer
    • Drehbuch
      • Alexander Jacobs
      • Robert Dillon
      • Laurie Dillon
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    7ackstasis

    "I love a city where you always know where you stand"

    It's not very often that a sequel snags a filmmaker even more accomplished than the original director, but John Frankenheimer's gritty touch was just what 'French Connection II (1975)' needed. William Friedkin's 'The French Connection (1971)' was itself gritty, tense and exciting, spinning a true-life police procedural into a harrowing exploration of obsession and corruption. Frankenheimer, in the same vein as 'The Manchurian Candidate (1962),' occasionally infuses his film's stark realism with surreal, hallucinatory elements, perfect for depicting the heroin-fuelled stupor that "Popeye" Doyle (Gene Hackman) is ruthlessly forced to endure. The sequel offers a fictional extension of the original film's true events, and sees Detective Doyle following the trail of drug-lord Charnier (Fernando Rey) onto the unfamiliar and unsympathetic streets of Marseilles, France. With the reluctant assistance of local cop Barthélémy (Bernard Fresson), Doyle uncertainly strolls the dirty streets, out of his element in this foreign metropolis, and perpetually hampered by cultural and language differences.

    Gene Hackman won an Oscar for his first turn as "Popeye" Doyle, and here he probably deserved another one. His efforts continually frustrated by international bureaucracy and local hostility, Detective Doyle broils with aggression and resentment, a distinctly unlikable but engrossing personality. In one particularly excruciating sequence, as Doyle attempts to kick a heroin addiction cold-turkey, Hackman's performance is a masterclass – pitiful, riveting and painful. 'French Connection II' concludes with an exciting police raid and foot-chase, shot in a realistic style that no doubt influenced successors like Ridley Scott. Doyle's final pursuit of Charnier across the busy streets of Marseilles is enthralling, not least because Hackman himself appears to give it his all, having reportedly neglected to alert Frankenheimer of a chronic knee ailment. In a medium where heroes apparently possess boundless energy, I can't recall a more exhausted and beaten-looking chase participant since Kurosawa's 'Stray Dog (1949).'
    7fredrikgunerius

    The film's best scene has Gene Hackman firing on all cylinders

    Shipping Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle across the Atlantic to France, where he meets up with political exile director John Frankenheimer, does give this freestanding sequel to The French Connection a certain autonomy, even if the filmmakers ultimately end up sacrificing suspense and urgency along the way. The plot again revolves around heroin-smuggling led by drug kingpin Alain Charnier (Fernando Rey), but this picture only really comes alive and starts feeling authentic once it delves into Doyle's budding heroin addiction following a kidnapping. The film's best scene has Gene Hackman firing on all cylinders - drunk and in heroin-withdrawal, he alternately lashes out on and leans on his French colleague Henri Barthélémy (Bernard Fresson), and there's a riveting authenticity to Hackman's work in this and contiguous segments. And it certainly makes "Popeye" and also the film's rather predictable finale more relevant in the process.
    8LeonLouisRicci

    "I'd rather be a lamp-post in New York then the President of France"

    John Frankenheimer may be the best Director that modern Movie Lovers have never heard of. He was always ahead of His time and never compromising. This Movie is surely uncompromising. It took a well known Best Actor Performance from a Best Picture Winner and the Character, Popeye Doyle, and stripped Him of the already barely likable persona of a tough, one dimensional Cop and laid Him open for all to see. It was not a pretty picture.

    Neither is French Connection II. It will have you squirming and the Second Act detox is not for anyone with expectation of a slick Action Movie. This is a gritty, dirty, unpleasant Character Study that is compelling Cinema, but not Viewer Friendly. It was taking that Seventies realism just one step further.

    It has enough Action and energy to make it as a Thriller but it never lets you forget the painful pursuit of Doyle's obsession with removing H from the Street and the even deeper pain of removing it from your body. This makes this compelling and completely coarse Cinema that makes you pay the price for your Entertainment. Not the best Box-Office formula but it is the stuff of Artistic Angst.
    7Rmoore31

    Enjoyable film

    I am Robin Moore, the author of The French Connection. I was paid the film rights for The French Connection, was on the set during the filming and at the Oscars when the award was presented.

    When I was writing the French Connection Sonny Grosso and Eddie Eagan came down to Jamaica to my Blue Lagoon. While they were there Barry Sadler and his wife, Lavonia, joined us. Barry and I had written The Ballad of The Green Berets a few years previously.

    I enjoyed The French Connection II, however, I spent a lot of time trying to get paid, but never succeeded. Sad. After the French Connection II came out a lawyer in NY got me to sign the rights to The French Connection over to his law firm so I wouldn't be able to get any money from anything that came after The French Connection. We writers are always getting burnt by the film industry!

    I last saw Sonny Grosso in NY a couple of years ago. I took the two emergency cops (the ones who raised the flag at The World Trade Centre) to meet Sonny and they gave him a copy of their DVD.

    ROBIN MOORE...

    Robin Moore...
    darth_sidious

    Intense stuff, great follow-up

    Popeye Doyle is now in France to find the drug dealer. The film continues the story, this time John Frankenheimer takes the directing reins.

    The film's style is not that different from the first film, it feels part of the series, not detached at all.

    Gene Hackman actually gets better, he really gets more out of his acting in this one. The film is very much character driven, very little action. The Cold Turkey sequence is mindblowing. Doyle is shown as a flawed character as is Alain Charnier, this adds to the realism.

    The direction is excellent, I'm glad the style didn't change too much.

    The photography is less gloomy but the locations are similar to the first film.

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    • Wissenswertes
      Gene Hackman almost passed on this film. He felt that the length of time between the original and the sequel would hurt the film's chances for success. In the DVD commentary Hackman suggested this was the reason for the film's disappointing box office performance.
    • Patzer
      In the first bar scene, Popeye Doyle eats an egg that changes from partially eaten to whole again and back again while he tries to talk to the French girls.
    • Zitate

      Jimmy Doyle: Jack Daniel's.

      French Barkeeper: Jacques qui?

      Jimmy Doyle: Jackie, yeah, Jackie Daniel's.

      French Barkeeper: ?

      Jimmy Doyle: Scotch, right there, El Scotcho.

      French Barkeeper: Whisky?

      Jimmy Doyle: Here we go.

      French Barkeeper: Avec glace? (With ice?)

      Jimmy Doyle: Yeah, in a glass.

    • Crazy Credits
      Opening credits prologue: MARSEILLES
    • Alternative Versionen
      German theatrical and VHS releases were marginally cut to secure the "not under 16" rating from the FSK. Later releases, starting with the DVD era, all such cuts were waived.
    • Verbindungen
      Featured in Making the Connection: Untold Stories of 'The French Connection' (2001)
    • Soundtracks
      La Marseillaise
      (uncredited)

      Music by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle

      Performed by the Band during the money exchange

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    • Erscheinungsdatum
      • 13. April 1976 (Westdeutschland)
    • Herkunftsland
      • Vereinigte Staaten
    • Sprachen
      • Englisch
      • Französisch
    • Auch bekannt als
      • Kẻ Đầu Mối Pháp 2
    • Drehorte
      • Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Frankreich
    • Produktionsfirma
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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      • 4.340.000 $ (geschätzt)
    • Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
      • 12.484.444 $
    • Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
      • 12.484.444 $
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