Rififi (1955)
Jules Dassin's 1955 French heist. Thirty-two-minute silent jewelry heist sequence.
Actor: Jean Servais
Jean Servais played Tony le Stéphanois in Rififi, an ageing criminal released from prison for one more job, and the performance carries the film’s fatalism. He was Belgian, had a substantial French film career, and the extended silent heist sequence rests largely on his stillness.