Skip to main content
FilmShuffle
ProfileFeedPlayListsGrowFilms
Sign in
ProfileFeedPlayListsGrowFilms

Film

The High Life

1951·Directed by Henri Schneider

Rate this filmSign in to saveAdd to Everything I've Seen

Where to watch

No streaming, free, rental, or purchase options are currently listed in the United States.

Availability data provided by JustWatch through TMDB. Options can change.

Released
October 26, 1951
Runtime
1h 40m

About The High Life

  • Drama

Synopsis

Jojo is a seventeen-year-old factory worker living poorly in Aubervilliers with his grandmother. Dissatisfied with his lackluster everyday life, Jojo dreams of the high life. He starts mixing with shady individuals such as thieves and traffickers. At a time, he even contemplates murdering a rich butcher. Fortunately, his protector Monsieur Charles, a warm-hearted gangster, will stop him from carrying out this crazy plan, thus wasting his young life.

Director
  • HSHenri Schneider
Original title
La Grande Vie

Principal cast

In billing order
  • Luc AndrieuxThief
  • Serge BentoJojo
  • Paul Bisciglia
  • JCJosé CasaCoach
  • RCRémi ClaryThug
  • JDJean-Claude Debet
Log this filmManage lists

© 2026 FilmShuffle LLC. All rights reserved.

PrivacyTermsCommunity GuidelinesCopyright/DMCAIntimate Image RemovalAbout/CreditsContact/SupportReport a Problem
TMDB

This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.