Ascenseur pour l'echafaud = Elevator to the gallows / Lux Compagnie Cinématographique présente un film de Louis Malle ; adaptation de Roger Nimier et Louis Malle ; dialogue de Roger Nimier ; une production Nouvelles Éditions de Films ; producteur délégué, Jean Thuillier.

Format
Video/Projected medium
Language
French
Published/​Created
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2006]
Description
2 videodiscs (92 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).

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    Summary note
    Florence Carala and her lover Julien Tavernier, an ex-paratrooper, want to murder her husband by faking a suicide.
    Notes
    • Based on the novel by Noël Calef.
    • Originally released as a motion picture in 1958.
    • Special features: theatrical trailers, interview with Jeanne Moreau, interviews with director and crew, footage of Miles Davis and Louis Malle during the recording session, video program about the score, Malle's student film Crazeologie.
    • Accompanying booklet contains program notes, an essay by critic Terrence Rafferty, an interview with Louis Malle, and a tribute by Vincent Mallet.
    Creation/​Production credits
    Images de Henri Decae ; montage, Léonide Azar ; musique originale de Miles Davis ; decors, Rino Mondellini et Jean Mandaroux.
    Target audience
    Rating: Not rated.
    System details
    DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby digital mono; aspect ratio 1.66:1, enhanced for 16:9 widescreen televisions.
    Participant(s)/​Performer(s)
    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.
    Language note
    French with optional English subtitles.
    Contents
    • Disc one: the film "Je t'aime"
    • Mr. Carala
    • Julien Tavenier
    • Florence Carala
    • Secret agent man
    • Miles apart
    • Night on the Champs-Élysées
    • Mercedes 300 SL
    • Party in the Benckers' room
    • "Good joke"
    • Night watchman
    • Friend of Julien's
    • Midnight getaway
    • "Tragic Lovers"
    • Police roundup
    • Scene at the Trappes Motel
    • Breakthrough
    • Same man
    • "Little riddle for you"
    • "I'll save you, Julien"
    • Photos
    • Color bars (92 min.) Theatrical trailers (3 min.).
    • Disc two: the supplements Parlons Cinéma (Let's talk cinema) [featurette] with Louis Malle (17 min.); Jeanne Moreau, 2005 [featurette] (18 min.); Malle and Moreau at Cannes [featurette] (11 min.); Maurice Ronet [featurette] (5 min.); Miles Davis Score [featurettes] (45 min.); Crazeologie [featurette] (6 min.).
    Other title(s)
    • Elevator to the gallows
    • Louis Malle's elevator to the gallows
    ISBN
    • 1559409754
    • 9781559409759
    Publisher no.
    CC1627D
    LCCN
    66903086
    OCLC
    67617748
    Universal Product Code
    • 715515017725
    • 00715515017725
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