Au hasard Balthazar Balthazar / [videorecording] =
Balthazar Robert Bresson's Au hasard Balthazar
Argos Films ; produced by Mag Bodard ; written and directed by Robert Bresson.
- [Chicago, IL] : [Chatsworth, CA] : Home Vision Entertainment ; Distributed by Image Entertainment, [2005]
- 1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
- The Criterion collection ; 297 .
- Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 297. .
Title from the disc label. Originally released as a motion picture in 1966. Special features: New restored high-definition digital transfer; video interview with film scholar Donald Richie; "Un metteur en ordre : Robert Bresson", a 1966 French TV program about the film featuring Bresson, Jean-Luc Godard, Louis Malle, and members of Au hasard Balthazar's cast and crew; original theatrical trailer; a new essay by Bresson scholar James Quandt.
Cinematographer, Ghislain Cloquet ; editor, Raymond Lamy ; music, Jean Wiener. Cinematographer, Ghislain Cloquet ; editor, Raymond Lamy ; music, Jean Wiener.
Anne Wiazemsky, Franðcois Lafarge, Philippe Asselin, Nathalie Joyaut, Walter Green.
Robert Bresson's masterpiece follows a much-abused donkey, Balthazar, whose life strangely parallels that of his owner, Marie. A beast of burden suffering the sins of man, Balthazar nevertheless nobly accepts his fate.