Elevator to the gallows [videorecording] / Nouvelles Éditions de Films ; Janus Films ; producer, Jean Thuillier ; screenplay, Roger Nimier, Louis Malle ; director, Louis Malle.
Title from container. 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. Based on the novel by Noël Calef. Originally released 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.
Contents:
Disc 1. Film -- Disc 2. Special features.
Summary:
Florence Carala and her lover Julien Tavernier, an ex-paratrooper, want to murder her husband by faking a suicide.
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