| Lovers and Thieves | |
| Director: | Raymond Bernard |
| Based On: | Le Costaud des Épinettes by Alfred Athis and Tristan Bernard |
| Starring: | Arletty Michel Simon Pierre Blanchar |
| Music: | Jean Lenoir |
| Cinematography: | Joseph-Louis Mundwiller René Ribault |
| Editing: | Lucienne Grumberg |
| Studio: | Les Productions Odéon |
| Distributor: | Les Films Osso |
| Runtime: | 90 minutes |
| Country: | France |
| Language: | French |
Lovers and Thieves (French: Amants et voleurs) is a 1935 French comedy film directed by Raymond Bernard and starring Arletty, Michel Simon and Pierre Blanchar.[1] [2] It is based on the 1910 play Le Costaud des Épinettes by Alfred Athis and Tristan Bernard, which had previously been adapted into a 1923 silent film. It was shot at the Joinville Studios of Pathé-Natan in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean Perrier.
Claude Brezin, a man from a respectable family is now down-and-out in Paris. He is put in touch with Doizeau a man, for reasons of his own, wants someone to kill the music hall performer Irma Lurette. Desperate, Brezin takes on the assignment in exchange for twenty thousand francs. However instead of killing Irma he falls in love with her, and the two conspire together to swindle Doizeau out of his fee.