Le crime de Monsieur Lange [videorecording] = The crime of Monsieur Lange / réalisation de Jean Renoir ; adaptation et dialogues de Jacques Prévert, d'après une histoire de Jean Renoir et Jean Castanyer.
Title on container: Jean Renoir's The crime of Monsieur Lange. Production by Obéron. Copyright held by Interama, Inc. René Lefèvre, Florelle, Jules Berry, Marcel Levesque, Sylvia Bataille, Nadia Sibirskaia. Date on container, c1988. Date on program, c1994. Videocassette version of a 1935 motion picture. "New master, new subtitles"--Container. Running time on container, 90 min. Running time on cassette label, 79 min. Actual running time, 80 min.
Summary:
Regarded as one of Renoir's most important works. Tells the story of the creation and demise of a utopian society. When Batala, the owner of a small publishing company, disappears with the firm's capital, the employees band together to take over the company and collectively publish a series of comic books written by Monsieur Lange, one of the employees. Based on the adventures of a mythical cowboy, "Arizona Jim," the comic books are instant best sellers, and the cooperative continues its great success by producing films based on the character of "Arizona Jim." However, the infamous Batala, who is considered dead, reappears. Lange kills him to save the collective.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.