The confession /
The master of the political thriller became an instant phenomenon after the mammoth success of Z, and he quickly followed it with the perhaps even more riveting. Based on a harrowing true story, influential Czechoslovak dignitary who, in the early fifties, was abducted, imprisoned, and interrogated...
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| Format: | Video Blu-ray Disc |
| Language: | French |
| Language Notes: | French dialogue; English subtitles. |
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[United States] :
The Criterion Collection,
[2015]
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| Series: | Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ;
759. |
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| Summary: | The master of the political thriller became an instant phenomenon after the mammoth success of Z, and he quickly followed it with the perhaps even more riveting. Based on a harrowing true story, influential Czechoslovak dignitary who, in the early fifties, was abducted, imprisoned, and interrogated by fellow members of his country₂s Communist ruling party, their intentions vague, their methods terrifying. |
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| Item Description: | Title from container. Based on the book by Artur London and Lise London. Originally released as a motion picture in 1970. Widescreen (1.66:1). Special features: Your speak of Prague: the second trail of Arthur London (1971), a twenty-one-minute documentary by Chris Marker shot on the set of "The confession"; New interview with the film's editor, Françoise Bonnot; Conversation between director Costa-Gavras and programmer and scholar Peter von Bagh about the director's life and career, from the 1988 Midnight Sun Festival; Portrait London, a 1981 interview with Artur and Lise London, the real-life figures on whose story the film is based; Interview with actor Yves Montand from 1970; New interview with John Michalczyk, author of Costa-Gavras: the political fiction film; Plus: an essay by film scholar Dina Iordanova. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (139 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | Blu-ray; mono; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Production Credits: | Editor, Françoise Bonnot. |
| ISBN: | 9781604659801 1604659807 |