A young man-about-Paris, cut off from his father's money, falls in with a picaresque gang of car thieves.
Direction
Wilder's earliest surviving work, already showing visual wit.
Cinematography
Glamorous pre-war Paris locations, all shadows and café lights.
Costume
Impeccable 1930s tailoring—thieves dressed better than your wedding.
Director
Billy Wilder
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Wilder later disowned this film, calling it 'a mess,' though his biographers note his fingerprints in the cynical-romantic dialogue.
Shot in 1933 France as Hitler rose; the carefree criminal fantasy reads differently knowing what awaited Paris.
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