| Description |
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (16 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm) |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 318 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 318.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1; Dolby digital mono. |
| Language |
In French or dubbed English, with optional English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Georges Poujouly, Brigitte Fossey. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Robert Juillard ; editing, Roger Dwyre ; music, Narciso Yepes. |
| Note |
Based on the novel: Les jeux inconnus / by François Boyer. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1952. |
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Special features: archival interview with director René Clément (conducted by François Chalais, 1966, 10 min.); interview with actress Brigitte Fossey (2001, 16 min.); archival interview with Clément & Fossey (5 min.); alternate opening (4 min.) & ending (3 min.) to the film; original theatrical trailer. |
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Booklet includes an essay by film scholar Peter Matthews ("Death and the maiden"). |
| Summary |
"The story of a young girl orphaned by war and the farm boy she joins in a fantastical world of macabre play" -- Container. |
| Subject |
Friendship in children -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Children and death -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Children -- Religious life -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Children -- France -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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Foreign films.
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| Genre |
Feature films, French.
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Motion pictures France.
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| Added Author |
Dorfmann, Robert, 1912-1999.
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Aurenche, Jean.
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Bost, Pierre, 1901-1975.
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Clément, René, 1913-1996.
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Poujouly, Georges, 1940-2000.
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Fossey, Brigitte.
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Yepes, Narciso.
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Boyer, François, 1920-2003.
Jeux inconnus.
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Matthews, Peter.
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Silver-Films (Firm : France)
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Forbidden games |
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Jeux interdits |
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Death and the maiden.
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| ISBN |
0780030338 |
| Standard No. |
037429209622 |
| Music No. |
FOR230 Criterion Collection |
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