Nada is a Franco-Italian film directed by Claude Chabrol

Claude Chabrol

Claude Chabrol was a French film director, a member of the French New Wave group of filmmakers who first came to prominence at the end of the 1950s...

 released in 1974

1974 in film

The year 1974 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*February 7 - Blazing Saddles is released in the USA.*August 7 - Peter Wolf, lead singer of The J...

 and adapted from the crime novel

Crime fiction

Crime fiction is the literary genre that fictionalizes crimes, their detection, criminals and their motives. It is usually distinguished from mainstream fiction and other genres such as science fiction or historical fiction, but boundaries can be, and indeed are, blurred...

 Nada by Jean-Patrick Manchette

Jean-Patrick Manchette

Jean-Patrick Manchette was a French crime novelist credited with reinventing and reinvigorating the genre. He wrote ten short novels in the seventies and early eighties. His stories are violent, existentialist explorations of the human condition and French society...

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Synopsis

The anarchist group "Nada" decides to kidnap the United States Ambassador to France. During the operation, a police officer is killed and commissaire Goemond is given a free hand to do everything to resolve this affair…

Crew

• Director : Claude Chabrol
  Claude Chabrol
  Claude Chabrol was a French film director, a member of the French New Wave group of filmmakers who first came to prominence at the end of the 1950s...
  
  
• Screenplay : Claude Chabrol
  Claude Chabrol
  Claude Chabrol was a French film director, a member of the French New Wave group of filmmakers who first came to prominence at the end of the 1950s...
  
   from the novel Nada
  Nada
  Nada may refer to:*In common English usage, "nothing", Nada may refer to:*In common English usage, "nothing", Nada may refer to:*In common English usage, "nothing", (borrowed from Spanish at least 1867. It comes from the Latin word "nata" (small, insignificant thing; literally (thing)...
  
  Jean-Patrick Manchette
  Jean-Patrick Manchette
  Jean-Patrick Manchette was a French crime novelist credited with reinventing and reinvigorating the genre. He wrote ten short novels in the seventies and early eighties. His stories are violent, existentialist explorations of the human condition and French society...
  
  
• Script : Claude Chabrol
  Claude Chabrol
  Claude Chabrol was a French film director, a member of the French New Wave group of filmmakers who first came to prominence at the end of the 1950s...
  
  
• Directo of photography : Jean Rabier
  Jean Rabier
  Jean Rabier is a French cinematographer and frequently works with director Claude Chabrol. He has almost 70 film credits spanning a career from 1961-1991.-Selected filmography:* Madame Bovary * Dr...
  
  
• Sound : Guy Chichignoud
• Music : Pierre Jansen
• Scenery : Guy Littaye
• Assistant-director : Régis Wargnier
  Régis Wargnier
  Régis Wargnier is a French film director, film producer, screenwriter, actor and film score composer.-Director:*1986 : La Femme de ma vie starring Jane Birkin*1988 : Sueurs froides...
  
  
• Editor : Jacques Gaillard
• Script : Aurore Paquiss
• Production : Les Films de La Boétie, Italian International Film (Rome)
• Producer : André Génovès
• Distributor : Les Films de La Boétie, CIC - Cinema International Corporation
• Length : 110 minutes

Cast

• Fabio Testi
  Fabio Testi
  Fabio Testi is an Italian film actor, notable as the star of, among many other films, First Action Hero.Born in Peschiera del Garda, Italy, the 1.84m tall actor started his film career as a stuntman in his college years...
  
   (Diaz)
• Maurice Garrel
  Maurice Garrel
  Maurice Garrel was a French film actor.Garrel was born in Saint-Servais, Isère. He appeared in over a hundred films and was nominated twice for a César Award for best supporting actor: in 1991 for La Discrète and in 2005 for Kings and Queen.Garrel was the father of producer Thierry Garrel and...
  
   (Epaulard)
• Mariangela Melato
  Mariangela Melato
  Mariangela Melato is an Italian actress.Melato was born in Milan and studied at the Milan Theatre Academy. A striking, blonde actress, she began her stage career in the early 1960s and rose to fame after delivering powerful performances for a number of notable Italian stage directors such as Dario...
  
   (Cash)
• Michel Duchaussoy
  Michel Duchaussoy
  Michel Duchaussoy is a French film actor. He has appeared in 130 films since 1962.-Selected filmography:* The Killing Game * The Unfaithful Wife * This Man Must Die * Just Before Nightfall...
  
   (Treuffais)
• Michel Aumont (Goemond)
• Didier Kaminka (Meyer)
• Lou Castel
  Lou Castel
  Lou Castel is a Colombian actor known primarily for his work in Italian films.Born Ulv Quarzell in Bogotá, Castel moved to Europe as a young man. Interested in acting from an early age, he attended the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, but was quickly kicked out. His first movie role was an...
  
   (D'Arey)
• Katia Romanoff (Anna Meyer)
• André Falcon (the Minister)
• Lyle Joyce (Ambassador Poindexter)
• Viviane Romance (Mme Gabrielle)
• Daniel Lecourtois (The Préfet)
• Rudy Lenoir (M. Bouillon)
• Jean-Louis Maury (Le chef de cabinet)
• Charlotte Maury
• Jacques Préboist (the driver)

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