| Description |
2 videodiscs (92 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (23 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm) |
| Series |
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 335.
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Criterion collection ; 335.
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| System Details |
DVD, widescreen version; Dolby digital mono. |
| Cast |
Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Yori Bertin, Jean Wall, Lino Ventura. |
| Language |
French with optional English subtitles. |
| Note |
Based on the novel by Noël Calef. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1958. |
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Special features: theatrical trailers, interview with Jeanne Moreau, interviews with director and crew, footage of Miles Davis and Louis Malle during the recording session, video program about the score, Malle's student film Crazeologie. |
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Accompanying booklet contains program notes, an essay by critic Terrence Rafferty, an interview with Louis Malle, and a tribute by Vincent Mallet. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Summary |
Florence Carala and her lover Julien Tavernier, an ex-paratrooper, want to murder her husband by faking a suicide. |
| Audience |
Rating: Not rated. |
| Subject |
Murder -- France -- Paris -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Mistaken identity -- France -- Paris -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Foreign films.
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DVDs.
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| Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS (FRENCH), VIDEODISCS.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Film noir.
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Feature films France.
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Motion pictures, France.
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| Added Author |
Malle, Louis, 1932-1995.
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Moreau, Jeanne, 1928-
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Ronet, Maurice, 1927-1983.
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Poujouly, Georges, 1940-2000.
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Bertin, Yori.
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Wall, Jean.
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Ventura, Lino, 1919-1987.
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Calef, Noël, 1907-1968.
Ascenseur pour l'echafaud.
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Lux film (Firm)
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Nouvelles éditions de films (Firm)
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Elevator to the gallows |
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Louis Malle's elevator to the gallows |
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Ascenseur pour l'echafaud |
| ISBN |
1559409754 |
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9781559409759 |
| Standard No. |
715515017725 |
| Music No. |
CC1627D Criterion Collection |
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