| Edition |
Special édition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 444 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 444.
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| System Details |
DVD; Dolby digital mono; fullscreen (1.33:1) presentation. |
| Cast |
Claude Dauphin, Gaby Morlay, Madeleine Renaud, Ginette Leclerc, Mila Parély, Pierre Brasseur, Jean Gabin, Jean Servais, Daniel Gélin, Simone Simon, Paul Azaïs, Jean Galland, Gaby Bruyère, Danielle Darrieux, Mathilde Casadesus, Balpétré, René Blancard, Henri Crémieux, Louis Seigner. |
| Credits |
Directors of photography, Christian Matras and Philippe Agostini ; editor, Léonide Azar ; music, Joe Hayos. |
| Note |
Based on three stories by Guy de Maupassant. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1952. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
An aging man hides behind a mask to meet ladies, a madame takes her girls to a communion, and a painter falls for his model in these stories of life, love, pleasure, and death. |
| Note |
Bonus features: Introduction by filmmaker Todd Haynes (Far from heaven) ; English and German language versions of the opening narration ; From script to screen: a video essay featuring film scholar Jean-Piere Berthomé discussing the evolution of the director Max Ophuls's screenplay for Le plaisir ; interviews with actor Daniel Gélin, assistant director Tony Aboyantz, and set decorator Robert Christidès. |
| Language |
French dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893 -- Film adaptations.
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Pleasure -- Drama.
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Love -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Older men -- Sexual behavior -- Drama.
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Prostitutes -- Drama.
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Artists' models -- Drama.
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Motion pictures -- France.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Foreign films.
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| Added Author |
Ophuls, Max, 1902-1957.
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Harispuru, E.
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Natanson, Jacques, 1901-1975.
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Dauphin, Claude.
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Morlay, Gaby, 1893-1964.
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Renaud, Madeleine, 1900-1994.
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Leclerc, Ginette, 1912-1992.
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Parély, Mila, 1917-2012.
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Brasseur, Pierre, 1905-1972.
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Gabin, Jean, 1904-1976.
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Servais, Jean, 1910-1976.
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Gélin, Daniel.
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Simon, Simone.
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Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893.
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Gaumont (Firm)
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Columbia Films.
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Compagnie commerciale française cinématographique.
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Stera Film.
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Janus Films.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1604650605 |
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9781604650600 |
| Standard No. |
715515031523 |
| Music No. |
CC1766D The Criterion Collection |
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