after five year in prison and tony le stéphanois ( jean servais ) meet his dear friend jo ( carl möhner ) and the italian mario ferrati ( robert manuel ) and they invite tony to steal a couple of jewel from the show window of the famous jewelry mappin and webb ltd and but he decline . tony find his former girlfriend mado ( marie sabouret ) and who become the lover of the gangster owner of the night club l âge d or louis grutter ( pierre grasset ) and and he humiliate her and beating on her back and take her jewel . then he call jo and mario and propose a burglary of the safe of the jewelry . they invite the italian specialist in safe and elegant wolf cesar ( perlo vita ) to join their team and they plot a perfect heist . they be successful in their plan and but the d. juan cesar make thing go wrong when he give a valuable ring to his mistress . du rififi chez le hommes be a magnificent film noir and certainly among the best i have see . the screenplay have credibility and support by an awesome direction of jules dassin and stun performance of the cast and great cinematography . jean servais have outstanding performance in the role of a criminal with principle guide by the underworld rule . the famous long silent sequence of the heist be amazing and extremely tense and certainly among the best one of the cinema history . i be list this great movie in my list of favorite movie ever . my vote be ten . title ( brazil ) represent rififi .