Ascenseur pour l'echafaud /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Davis, Miles (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	Lux Compagnie cinématographique de France, Nouvelles éditions de films (Firm), Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors:	Malle, Louis, 1932-1995 (Director, Screenwriter), Nimier, Roger, 1925-1962 (Screenwriter), Thuillier, Jean (Producer), Moreau, Jeanne, 1928-2017 (Actor), Ronet, Maurice, 1927-1983 (Actor), Poujouly, Georges, 1940-2000 (Actor), Bertin, Yori (Actor), Wall, Jean (Actor), Petrovich, Ivan (Actor), Marten, Félix (Actor), Ventura, Lino, 1919-1987 (Actor), Calef, Noël, 1907-1968
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	French
Language Notes:	In French with optional subtitles in English.
Published:	[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2006]
Series:	Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 335.
Subjects:	Murderers > Drama. Crime > France > Drama. Married people > France > Drama. Man-woman relationships > Drama. Juvenile delinquents > France > Drama. Mistaken identity > France > Paris > Drama. Paris (France) > Moral conditions > Drama. Film noir. Thrillers (Motion pictures) Detective and mystery films. Film adaptations. Fiction films. Feature films. Foreign films. Motion pictures, French. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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Summary:	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.
Item Description:	D' apres le roman de [Based on the novel by] Noël Calef, Ascenseur pour l'echafaud (pré-adaptation de l'auteur) [first adaptation by the author]. Originally produced as a French motion picture in 1957. Booklet includes essays "Louis Malle on the Ground Floor" by Terrence Rafferty, "Malle on Malle: 'Elevator to the Gallows'" [interview by Philip French], "Elevator to the Gallows" by Vincent Malle. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (92 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.)
Format:	DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby digital mono; aspect ratio 1.66:1, enhanced for 16:9 widescreen televisions.
Audience:	Rating: Not rated.
Production Credits:	Images de Henri Decae ; montage, Léonide Azar ; musique originale de Miles Davis ; decors, Rino Mondellini et Jean Mandaroux.
ISBN:	1559409754 9781559409759