| Edition |
Special édition. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (131 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([12] pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm). |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 462 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 462.
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| System Details |
DVD; region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital mono.; widescreen (1.66:1) presentation. |
| Cast |
Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Poiret, Andréa Ferréol, Paulette Dubost, Jean-Louis Richard, Sabine Haudepin, Maurice Risch, Heinz Bennent. |
| Credits |
Cinematographer, Nestor Almendros ; editor, Martine Barraqué ; musique, Georges Delerue ; production design, Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko ; costumes, Lisele Roos. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a French motion picture in 1980. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
Paris, 1942. Lucas Steiner is a Jew who feels compelled to leave the country in order to survive the German occupation during WWII. His wife Marion is an actress and a member of the Resistance who goes on to direct the theater for him. She tries to keep the theater alive by rehearsing a new play. She hires Bernard Granger for the leading role. The troupe believes that the show must go on no matter the circumstances. But Lucas never left the country, he is actually hiding in the basement. |
| Note |
Special features: Audio commentary by Annette Insdorf ; Audio commentary by Gérard Depardieu and Jean-Pierre Azéma ; Deleted scene ; French television excerpts featuring interviews with Truffaut and actors Catherine Deneuve, Depardieu and Jean Poiret ; New video interviews with actors Andréa Ferréol, Sabine Haudepin, Paulette Dubost and others ; A video interview with cinematographer Nestor Almendros ; Une histoire d'eau, a 1958 short film codirected by Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard ; Theatrical trailer. |
| Awards |
Winner, 1981 César Awards, France: Meilleur son (Best Sound): Michel Laurent; Meilleurs décors (Best Production Design): Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko; Meilleure musique (Best Music Written for a Film): Georges Delerue; Meilleur montage (Best Editing): Martine Barraqué; Meilleur scénario, original ou adaptation (Best Writing-Original or Adaptation): François Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman; Meilleure photographie (Best Cinematography): Néstor Almendros; Meilleur acteur (Best Actor): Gérard Depardieu; Meilleure actrice (Best Actress): Catherine Deneuve; Meilleur réalisateur (Best Director): François Truffaut; Meilleur film (Best Film): François Truffaut. |
| Language |
French dialogue with optional subtitles in English. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Local Note |
STJODVD, WNPLFFDVD |
| Subject |
Jewish men -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
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Actresses -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Drama.
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Theater -- Production and direction -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
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Theatrical companies -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Theater and the war -- Drama.
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France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Romance films.
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War films.
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Feature films.
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Foreign films.
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Motion pictures, French.
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| Added Author |
Truffaut, François. Screenwriter. Director.
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Schiffman, Suzanne. Screenwriter.
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Grumberg, Jean-Claude, 1939- Screenwriter.
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Depardieu, Gérard, 1948- Actor. Commentator. Interviewee.
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Deneuve, Catherine, 1943- Actor. Commentator. Interviewee.
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Poiret, Jean, 1926-1992. Actor.
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Ferréol, Andréa, 1947- Actor.
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Dubost, Paulette. Actor.
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Richard, Jean-Louis. Actor.
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Haudepin, Sabine, 1955- Actor.
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Risch, Maurice, 1943- Actor.
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Bennent, Heinz. Actor.
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Almendros, Nestor. Cinematographer. Interviewee.
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Delerue, Georges, 1925-1992.
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Insdorf, Annette. Commentator.
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Toubiana, Serge. Commentator.
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Janus Films.
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MK2 Productions.
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Films du carrosse (Firm)
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S.E.D.I.F.
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Société nationale télévision française 1.
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Société française de production.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Last metro |
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Histoire d'eau.
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| ISBN |
1604651202 |
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9781604651201 |
| Standard No. |
715515042215 |
| Music No. |
CC1793D Criterion Collection |
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