The 400 Blows

The 400 Blows (1959)Cast and Crew

Movie"Angel faces hell-bent for violence."

Cast

J
Jean-Pierre Léaud
as Antoine Doinel
C
Claire Maurier
as Gilberte Doinel
A
Albert Rémy
as Julien Doinel
G
Georges Flamant
as Mr. Bigey
P
Patrick Auffay
as René
R
Robert Beauvais
as Director of the school
Y
Yvonne Claudie
as Mme Bigey
P
Pierre Repp
as English Teacher
G
Guy Decomble
as French Teacher
D
Daniel Couturier
as Betrand Mauricet
F
François Nocher
as Child
R
Richard Kanayan
as Child
R
Renaud Fontanarosa
as Child
M
Michel Girard
as Child
S
Serge Moati
as Child
B
Bernard Abbou
as Child
J
Jean-François Bergouignan
as Child
M
Michel Lesignor
as Child
J
Jean-Claude Brialy
as Man in Street
J
Jeanne Moreau
as Woman with Dog
B
Bouchon
L
Luc Andrieux
as Gym Teacher
C
Christian Brocard
as The Typewriter Crook
M
Marius Laurey
as Inspector Cabanel
C
Claude Mansard
as The Judge
J
Jacques Monod
as The Police Commissioner
H
Henri Virlogeux
as The Nightguard
C
Charles L. Bitsch
as Police Officer (uncredited)
P
Philippe de Broca
as Man in Funfair (uncredited)
F
François Truffaut
as Man in Funfair (uncredited)
L
Louise Chevalier
as Gossip (uncredited)
A
Armand Coppello
as Little Bit (uncredited)
J
Jacques Demy
as Policeman (uncredited)
J
Jean Douchet
as Gilberte's Lover (uncredited)
M
Marianne Girard
as (uncredited)
J
Jean-Luc Godard
as (voice)(uncredited)
S
Simon Jolivet
as (uncredited)
L
Laure Paillette
as A Gossip (uncredited)
G
Gérard Van Ruymbeke
as Child (uncredited)

Crew

M
Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte
Editor
H
Henri Decaë
Director of Photography
F
François Truffaut
Producer
F
François Truffaut
Director
J
Jean Constantin
Original Music Composer
F
Francis Cognany
Second Assistant Director
J
Jean Labussière
Sound Assistant
C
Claude Vermorel
Thanks
F
François Truffaut
Adaptation
M
Marcel Moussy
Dialogue
B
Bernard Evein
Set Decoration
R
Robert Lachenay
Assistant Unit Manager
J
Jean Lavie
Unit Manager
J
Jean Rabier
Camera Operator
R
Roland Nonin
Administration
J
Jean-Claude Brialy
Thanks
G
Georges Charlot
Production Manager
A
André Dino
Still Photographer
J
Jeanne Moreau
Thanks
C
Cécile Decugis
Assistant Editor
J
Jacqueline Parey
Script Supervisor
A
Alex Joffé
Thanks
J
Jean-Claude Marchetti
Sound
S
Suzanne Lipinska
Thanks
C
Claude Véga
Thanks
M
Marcel Moussy
Adaptation
R
Robert Bober
Second Assistant Director
A
Alain Levent
Assistant Camera
L
Luce Deuss
Production Secretary
F
Fernand Deligny
Thanks
C
Claire Mafféi
Thanks
F
François Truffaut
Screenplay
P
Philippe de Broca
Assistant Director
M
Michèle de Possel
Assistant Editor
A
Alain Jeannel
Second Assistant Director
J
Jacques Josse
Thanks
A
Annette Wademant
Thanks

The Adventures of Antoine Doinel Collection

The release of François Truffaut’s The 400 Blows in 1959 shook world cinema to its foundations. The now-classic portrait of troubled adolescence introduced a major new director in the cinematic landscape and was an inaugural gesture of the revolutionary French New Wave. But The 400 Blows did not only introduce the world to its precocious director—it also unveiled his indelible creation: Antoine Doinel. Initially patterned closely after Truffaut himself, the Doinel character (played by the irrepressible and iconic Jean-Pierre Léaud) reappeared in four subsequent films that knowingly portrayed his myriad frustrations and romantic entanglements from his stormy teens through marriage, children, divorce, and adulthood.