| Edition |
Special édition. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (approximately 92 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 335 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 335.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.66:1, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., NTSC. |
| Cast |
Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Yori Bertin, Jean Wall, Lino Ventura, Ivan Petrovich, Félix Marten, Elga Andersen, Gérard Darrieu, Sylviane Aisenstein, Charles Denner, Hubert Deschamps, Jean-Claude Brialy. |
| Credits |
Cinematographer, Henri Decaë ; editor, Léonide Azar ; original music, Miles Davis. |
| Note |
Based on the novel by Noël Calef. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1957. |
| Summary |
Florence Carala and her lover Julien Tavernier, an ex-paratrooper, want to murder her husband by faking a suicide. |
| Note |
Special features: Theatrical trailers ; New interview with actor Jeanne Moreau; Archival interviews with director Louis Malle, actors Maurice Ronet and Jeanne Moreau, and original soundtrack session pianist René Urtreger; Footage of Miles Davis and Louis Malle from the soundtrack recording session; New video program about the score, with jazz trumpeter Jon Faddis and critic Gary Giddins; Malle's student film "Crazeologie", featuring the title song by Charlie Parker. |
| Language |
French dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Murder -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
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Mistaken identity -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Foreign films -- France.
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Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
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| Added Author |
Malle, Louis, 1932-1995.
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Moreau, Jeanne, 1928-2017
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Ronet, Maurice, 1927-1983.
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Poujouly, Georges, 1940-2000.
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Davis, Miles.
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Calef, Noël, 1907-1968
Ascenseur pour l'echafaud.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Louis Malle's Elevator to the gallows |
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Ascenseur pour l'echafaud |
| ISBN |
1559409754 |
| Standard No. |
715515017725 |
| Music No. |
CC1627D The Criterion Collection |
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