Description |
1 videodisc (83 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.. |
Series |
Criterion collection ; 160 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 160.
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Note |
Originally released as a French motion picture in 1931. |
Credits |
Photography, Georges Périnal ; music, Georges Auric. |
Cast |
Henri Marchand, Raymond Cordy, Rolla France, Paul Olivier, André Michand, Germaine Aussey, Jacques Shelly, Léon Lorin, William Burke, Vincent Hyspa. |
Summary |
A left-wing satirical comedy about two ex-convicts, one of whom works his way up from salesman to factory owner. He oversees a highly mechanised operation where the workers are reduced to mere automatons. Blackmailed over his past, he joins up with his old cellmate, and the pair take to the road as tramps. |
Audience |
Not rated. |
System Details |
DVD, 1.33:1 aspect ratio; Dolby Digital. |
Note |
Special features: deleted scenes; Entr'acte (1924), the classic surrealist short by Clair and artist Francis Picabia; 1998 video interview with Madame Bronja Clair; film historian David Robinson on the plagiarism lawsuit against Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times. |
Language |
French dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Local Note |
Some of the Simsbury Public Library items are are part of the Hayes Collection. |
Subject |
Work -- Drama.
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Factories -- Drama.
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Working class -- Drama.
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Automation -- Social aspects -- Drama.
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Added Author |
Clair, René, 1898-1981.
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Marchand, Henri, 1898-1959.
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Cordy, Raymond, 1898-1956.
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France, Rolla.
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Ollivier, Paul, 1877-1948.
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Shelly, Jacques.
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S.E.C.A. (Firm)
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Filmsonor (Firm)
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Janus Films.
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Home Vision (Firm)
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Note |
Title on cassette label: René Clair's À nous la liberté |
ISBN |
0780023102 |
Standard No. |
037429147726 |
Music No. |
NOU010 Criterion Collection |
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160 Criterion Collection |
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