| Edition |
DVD special edition. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (87 min.) : DVD video, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
DVD video 4 3/4 in. rda |
| Description |
digital optical mono rda |
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NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
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Motion picture lcsh |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 891. |
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Criterion collection ; 891.
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| System Details |
DVD; region 1, NTSC; fullscreen (1.33:1 aspect ratio); monoaural. |
| Cast |
Michel Simon, Germaine Reuver, Jean Debucourt, Marcelle Arnold, Pauline Carton, Jacques Varennes, Jeanne Fusier-Gir, Jean Duvaleix, Georges Bever. |
| Credits |
Music and songs, Louiguy ; cinematography, Jean Bachelet ; edited by Raymond Lamy ; production design by Robert Dumesnil. |
| Note |
Title from title frame. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1951. |
| Summary |
After thirty years together, a village gardener and his wife find themselves contemplating how to do away with each other, with the former even planning how he'll negotiate his eventual criminal trial. |
| Note |
Special features: new interview with filmmaker Olivier Assayas on director Sacha Guitry's influence on French cinema; On life on-screen: miseries and splendour of a monarch, a 60-minute documentary from 2010 on the collaboration of Guitry and Michel Simon. Booklet contains an essay by film scholar Ginette Vincendeau and a 1957 obituary for guitry by François Truffaut. |
| Language |
French dialogue with English subtitles. |
| Subject |
Murder -- France -- Drama.
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Married people -- France -- Drama.
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Defense (Criminal procedure) -- France -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Dark comedy films.
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Crime films.
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| Added Author |
Guitry, Sacha, 1885-1957, film director, screenwriter.
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Wagner, Paul (Film producer), film producer.
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Bachelet, Jean, 1894-1977, director of photography.
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Guy, Louis, 1916-1991, composer (expression)
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Lamy, Raymond, editor of moving image work.
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Dumesnil, Robert, production designer.
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Simon, Michel, 1895-1975, actor.
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Reuver, Germaine, 1885-1953, actor.
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Debucourt, Jean, 1894-1958, actor.
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Arnold, Marcelle, 1917- actor.
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Carton, Pauline, 1884-1974, actor.
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Varennes, Jacques, 1894-1958, actor.
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Duvaleix, Jean Albert, 1893-1962, actor.
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Bever, Georges, actor.
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Gaumont (Firm), production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.
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| Added Title |
Le film est intitulé La poison |
| Standard No. |
715515202411 |
| ISBN |
9781681433462 (DVD) |
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168143346X (DVD) |
| Music No. |
CC2796DDVD The Criterion Collection |
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