Le Temps des loups
1970 film by Sergio Gobbi
Le Temps des loups (lit. 'The Time of Wolves') is a 1970 crime directed by Sergio Gobbi. The film stars Robert Hossein as Robert and Charles Aznavour as Kramer. Initially childhood friends, Robert grows to be a criminal known as Dillinger and Kramer grows up to be a police officer. As Robert and his gang perform a series of heists in Paris, Kramer is tasked with capturing him. Dillinger leaves Paris to the French Riviera with Kramer tracking him down.
A French and Italian co-production, Le Temps des loups was initially going to be a period set film base don the life of John Dillinger, but changed to a contemporary setting. The film was a box office hit in France on its initial release.
Cast
Cast adapted from French Thrillers of the 1970s: Volume I, Crime Films (2026).
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Le Temps des loups was suggested by actor Robert Hossein as a film that exploits the life of gangster John Dillinger to director Sergio Gobbi. Gobbi was initially skeptical, saying that a period film would be too costly, which Hossein replied that he head a three-film deal with Raymond Danon so that financing the film would not be a problem.
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