Elevator to the Gallows
Irvington, NY : Criterion Collection, [2006]
Format: DVD
Edition: Special édition double-disc set.
Description: 2 videodiscs (approximately 92 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Florence Carala and her lover Julien Tavernier, an ex-paratrooper, want to murder her husband by faking a suicide.
Series: Criterion collection ; 335.
Other Authors:
Moreau, Jeanne, 1928-2017.
Ronet, Maurice, 1927-1983.
Poujouly, Georges, 1940-2000.
Thuillier, Jean.
Nimier, Roger, 1925-1962.
Malle, Louis, 1932-1995.
Calef, Noël, 1907-1968. Ascenseur pour l'echafaud.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Nouvelles Éditions de Films.
Janus Films.
Moreau, Jeanne, 1928-2017.
Ronet, Maurice, 1927-1983.
Poujouly, Georges, 1940-2000.
Thuillier, Jean.
Nimier, Roger, 1925-1962.
Malle, Louis, 1932-1995.
Calef, Noël, 1907-1968. Ascenseur pour l'echafaud.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Nouvelles Éditions de Films.
Janus Films.
Contents:
Disc 1. Film -- disc 2. Special features.
UPC: 715515017725
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
DVD FOREIGN Elevator | Main (Downtown) | First Level, DVD | In |
DVD FOREIGN Elevator | Northeast Indoors | DVD | In |
Based on the novel by Noël Calef.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1957.
Special features: Disc one: New, restored high-definition digital transfer; Theatrical trailers ; Disc two: 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 ; Includes a booklet featuring a new essay by critic Terrence Rafferty, an interview with Louis Malle, and a tribute by film producer Vincent Malle.
Videorecording.
Cinematographer, Henri Decaë ; editor, Léonide Azar ; original music, Miles Davis.
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.
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.66:1, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., NTSC.
French dialogue, with optional English subtitles.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1957.
Special features: Disc one: New, restored high-definition digital transfer; Theatrical trailers ; Disc two: 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 ; Includes a booklet featuring a new essay by critic Terrence Rafferty, an interview with Louis Malle, and a tribute by film producer Vincent Malle.
Videorecording.
Cinematographer, Henri Decaë ; editor, Léonide Azar ; original music, Miles Davis.
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.
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.66:1, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., NTSC.
French dialogue, with optional English subtitles.