| Other author/creator | Moreau, Jeanne, 1928-2017 |
| Other author/creator | Ronet, Maurice, 1927-1983. |
| Other author/creator | Poujouly, Georges, 1940-2000. |
| Other author/creator | Thuillier, Jean producer. |
| Other author/creator | Nimier, Roger, 1925-1962, screenwriter. |
| Other author/creator | Malle, Louis, 1932-1995 screenwriter, director. |
| Other author/creator | Calef, Noël, 1907-1968. Ascenseur pour l'echafaud. |
| Other author/creator | Criterion Collection (Firm) |
| Other author/creator | Nouvelles Éditions de Films. |
| Other author/creator | Janus Films. |
| Parallel title |
Ascenseur pour l'échafaud |
| Variant title |
Title on container: Louis Malle's Elevator to the gallows |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 335
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 335. ^A506835
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| Contents |
Disc 1. Film -- disc 2. Special features. |
| Abstract |
Florence Carala and her lover Julien Tavernier, an ex-paratrooper, want to murder her husband by faking a suicide. |
| General note | Based on the novel by Noël Calef. |
| General note | Originally produced as a motion picture in 1957. |
| General note | 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. |
| Credits | Cinematographer, Henri Decaë ; editor, Léonide Azar ; original music, Miles Davis. |
| Cast |
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. |
| Technical details | DVD. |
| Language | French dialogue, with optional English subtitles. |
| Genre/form | Feature films. |
| ISBN | 1559409754 |
| ISBN | 9781559409759 |
| UPC |
715515017725 |
| Publisher number | CC1627D The Criterion Collection |
