Movie
Breathless
Overview
A small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he attempts to persuade a girl to run away to Italy with him.
Details
- Release date
- 1960-03-16
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Genres
- Drama, Crime, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Les Films Impéria, Les Productions Georges de Beauregard, SNC
- Country
- France
- Original language
- FR
Cast
- Jean-Paul Belmondo as Michel Poiccard / László Kovács
- Jean Seberg as Patricia Franchini
- Daniel Boulanger as Police Inspector Vital
- Henri-Jacques Huet as Antonio Berrutti
- Roger Hanin as Carl Zubart
- Van Doude as American Journalist, Patricia's Friend
- Claude Mansard as Claudius Mansard
- Liliane Dreyfus as Liliane / Minouche
- Michel Fabre as Police Inspector #2
- Jean-Pierre Melville as Parvulesco the Writer
- Jean-Luc Godard as The Snitch
- Richard Balducci as Tolmatchoff
Crew
- Jean-Luc Godard - Director
- Jean-Luc Godard - Screenplay
- François Truffaut - Story
- Claude Chabrol - Story
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