- Country: Belgium, France, Spain
- Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Release: 2005-03-02
- Director: Costa-Gavras
- Writers: Donald E. Westlake , Costa-Gavras , Jean-Claude Grumberg
- Language: French | Dutch
- Stars: José Garcia , Karin Viard , Geordy Monfils , Ulrich Tukur , Christa Théret , Olivier Gourmet , Yvon Back , Thierry Hancisse , Olga Grumberg , Yolande Moreau
- Runtime: 117 min
- Awards: 1 win & 5 nominations
- AKA: Die Axt (Germany) , Papirmanden (Denmark) , Нож гильотины (Russian Federation) , The Ax (Australia) , Mördande konkurrens (Sweden) , Le couperet (France, French Republic) , Cacciatore di teste (Italy) , Le couperet (Belgium) , Le couperet (Canada) , Arcadia (Spain) , Jobkiller - Eine mörderische Karriere (Germany) , Kirves (Finland) , Arcàdia (Spain) , The Ax (United States of America) , Ostre cięcia (Poland) , 斧 (Japan) , La corporación (Argentina) , The Ax , Το τσεκούρι (Greece) , Le couperet , The Ax (Canada) , A fejsze (Hungary) , Ölümcül çözüm (Turkey) , The Axe (United Kingdom) , Golpe a Golpe (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , O Corte (Brazil) , Kirves - työtön tappaja (Finland) , Cu doua taisuri (Romania)
- Plot:
A chemist loses his job to outsourcing. Two years later and still jobless, he hits on a solution: to genuinely eliminate his competition.
- IMDB:tt0422015
The Ax Cast · · · ALL
Costa-Gavras
Director
José Garcia
Bruno Davert
Karin Viard
Marlène Davert
Ulrich Tukur
Hutchinson
Yvon Back
Etienne Barnet
Thierry Hancisse
l'inspecteur Kesler
Olivier Gourmet
Machefer
Geordy Monfils
Maxime Davert
Christa Théret
Betty Davert
Olga Grumberg
Iris Thompson
Yolande Moreau
préposée de la Poste
Dieudonné Kabongo
Quinlan Longus
Jean-Pierre Gos
Garagiste
Serge Larivière
Inspecteur
John Landis
(I)
Père du copain de Maxime
Vanessa Larré
Prédatrice
Jeanne Savary
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