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name: "Auguste Le Breton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/auguste-le-breton"
fi1m_id: "auguste-le-breton"
imdb_id: "nm0494138"
tmdb_id: 14228
wikidata_id: "Q766709"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "18 February 1913"
died: "31 May 1999"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T07:30:57.668671+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Auguste Le Breton

## Identity

Auguste Le Breton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/auguste-le-breton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** auguste-le-breton
- **IMDb ID:** nm0494138
- **TMDB ID:** 14228
- **Wikidata ID:** Q766709
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_Le_Breton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q766709, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0494138/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14228

Writer. Born 18 February 1913 in Lesneven, Finistère, France. Died 31 May 1999.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 18 February 1913, Lesneven, Finistère, France
- **Died:** 31 May 1999
- **Also known as:** Auguste Montfort
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_Le_Breton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q766709, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0494138/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14228

## Biography

Auguste Le Breton (born Auguste Monfort, 18 February 1913 – 31 May 1999) was a French novelist and screenwriter. He wrote primarily about the criminal underworld and is credited with introducing elements of French argot into literature. His work drew on personal experience of street life in Paris.

Le Breton wrote the dialogue for the 1956 film *Bob le Flambeur*, directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. Many of his novels were adapted for the screen, including *Rififi* (1955), *Razzia sur la chnouf* (1955), *Le rouge est mis* (1957) and *Le clan des siciliens* (1969). He wrote more than seventy novels.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Bob le Flambeur* (1956), Fi1m 76, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/bob-le-flambeur.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Behind the Walls* (2008), Novel
- *The Good Thief* (2003), Original Film Writer
- *The Sicilian Clan* (1969), Novel
- *Brigade Anti Gangs* (1966), Writer, Novel
- *The Upper Hand* (1966), Novel
- *Rififi in Tokyo* (1963), Novel
- *Sinners of Paris* (1958), Novel
- *Speaking of Murder* (1957), Novel, Adaptation, Dialogue
- *Bob le Flambeur* (1956), Writer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/bob-le-flambeur.md)
- *Law of the Streets* (1956), Writer
- *Rififi* (1955), Novel, Screenplay, Dialogue
- *Razzia* (1955), as Auguste Le Breton · Novel, Dialogue

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