Elevator to the gallows = Ascenseur pour l'echafaud
(DVD)
Contributors
Malle, Louis, 1932-1995, film director,
Nimier, Roger, 1925-1962, screenwriter.
Thuillier, Jean, film producer.
Azar, Léonide, 1900- editor of moving image work.
Decae, Henri, director of photography.
Nimier, Roger, 1925-1962, screenwriter.
Thuillier, Jean, film producer.
Azar, Léonide, 1900- editor of moving image work.
Decae, Henri, director of photography.
Published
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2018].
Format
DVD
Edition
DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : DVD video, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (23 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Status
Main Library - Media
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Published
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2018].
Edition
DVD special edition.
Language
fre
UPC
715515209816
Notes
General Note
Title from title frame.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1958.
General Note
Based on the novel by Noël Calef, Ascenseur pour l'echafaud (pré-adaptation de l'auteur) [first adaptation by the author].
General Note
Widescreen (1.66:1 aspect ratio).
General Note
Special features: 1975 interview with Louis Malle filmed by Canadian television during the production of his film Black moon; interview from 2005 with Jeanne Moreau; Malle and Moreau at Cannes (1993 conversation with journalist Michel Feld, filmed for the French television program Le cercle de minuit); 1957 interview of actor Maurice Ronet by François Chalais for the television program Reflets de Cannes; footage of Miles Davis and Malle from the soundtrack recording session; program from 2005 about the score; Malle's student film Crazeologie; trailers; booket featuring an essay by Terrence Rafferty, and inteview with Malle and a tribute by film producer Vincent Malle.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Henri Decae ; editor, Léonide Azar ; original music, Miles Davis.
Participants/Performers
Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Yori Bertin, Jean Wall, Elga Andersen, Sylviane Aisenstein, Micheline Bona, Gisèle Grandpré, Jacqueline Staup, Marcel Cuvelier, Gérard Darrieu, Charles Denner, Hubert Deschamps, Jacques Hilling, Marcel Journet, François Joux, Ivan Petrovich, Félix Marten, Lino Ventura.
Description
Julien is a former paratrooper, who now works for millionaire arms dealer Simon Carala. He is in love with Florence, Carala's wife. They plan to murder him and make it look like a suicide, but Julien forgets a rather important detail. Leaving the engine of his sports car running, he races up to the office to retrieve it, but fate intervenes, and Julien misses his rendezvous with Florence. She spends the night wandering the Parisian streets alone. Meanwhile brash teenager Louis and his girlfriend Veronique decide to "borrow" the car, which launches a disastrous stream of coincidence with sinister consequences.
System Details
DVD format; NTSC; region 1; Dolby digital 1.0 mono; 16:9 widescreen presentation.
Language
In French with optional subtitles in English.
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