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Ascenseur pour l'echafaud [videorecording] = Elevator to the gallows / Elevator to the gallows Louis Malle's elevator to the gallows Lux prâesente ; un film de Louis Malle ; adaptation de Roger Nimier et Louis Malle ; dialogue de Roger Nimier ; une production Nouvelles âEditions de Films ; producteur dâelâeguâe, Jean Thuillier. - [France] : Arte Video c2005 - 1videodiscs (127min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (23 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.)

Based on the novel by Noèel 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.

Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Yori Bertin, Jean Wall, Lino Ventura.

Florence Carala and her lover Julien Tavernier, an ex-paratrooper, want to murder her husband by faking a suicide.

Rating: Not rated.


DVD, widescreen version; Dolby digital mono.


French

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Murder--France--Paris--Drama.
Mistaken identity--France--Paris--Drama.
Foreign films.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Feature films.
Film noir.

LC Class. No.: CM DVD 01052