The Adventures of Arsène Lupin (French: Les Aventures d'Arsène Lupin) is a 1957 French crime film directed by Jacques Becker. It was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. It was followed by Signé Arsène Lupin.
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Plot
The film narrates the adventures of Arsène Lupin, the famous character of the gentlemen burglar conceived by Maurice Leblanc in 1905. The story is set in Paris at the end of the nineteenth century, where the cunning thief managed to mock the prefect of police, Kaiser Wilhelm II and Baroness Von Kraft, who had been fascinated by his gallantry and his legendary shrewdness.
Cast
Robert Lamoureux as André Larouche / Arsène Lupin / Aldo Parolini
Liselotte Pulver as Mina von Kraft
O. E. Hasse as Kaiser Wilhelm II
Daniel Ceccaldi as Jacques Gauthier
Georges Chamarat as Inspecteur Dufour
Huguette Hue as Léontine Chanu
Renaud Mary as Paul Desfontaines
Sandra Milo as Mathilde Duchamp
Paul Muller as Rudolf von Kraft
Henri Rollan as Le Président du Conseil Emile Duchamp
Margaret Rung as The English woman
Charles Bouillaud as Otto
Hubert de Lapparent as Jewellery salesman
Pierre Stéphen as Clérissy
Jacques Becker as The kronprinz
Paul Préboist as The groom
Production
Principal photography took place from 3 July to 1 September 1956, with scenes shot at Studios de Saint-Maurice in Saint-Maurice (Val-de-Marne). The film was also partially shot at the Château du Haut-Koenigsbourg in Orschwiller (Bas-Rhin).