The balcony / Walter Reade-Sterling, Inc. and Allen-Hodgdon Productions present ; City Film Corporation ; screenplay by Ben Maddow ; produced by Joseph Strick and Ben Maddow ; directed by Joseph Strick.
Publisher:
Kino Lorber,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Shelley Winters, Peter Falk, Lee Grant, Peter Brocco, Joyce Jameson, Jeff Corey, Arnette Jens, Ruby Dee, Leonard Nimoy, Kent Smith. From the play by Jean Genet as translated by Bernard Frechtman. Originally released as a motion picture in 1963. Wide screen (1.85:1). Special features: audio commentary by film historian Tim Lucas; interview with actress Lee Grant.
Summary:
In a very special brothel known as the Balcony, the customers live out their wildest dreams, oblivious to a revolution that's going on outside. This star-studded film features Shelley Winters as the brothel's madam and Peter Falk as her occasional lover, who enlists her help in halting the revolution. The leader of the rebels falls for the madam's executive assistant, who longs to return to her former role as just "one of the girls."
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