Portland Public Library

Ascenseur pour l'echafaud =, Elevator to the gallows, Nouvelles Éditions de Films, Janus Films ; dans un film de Louis Malle ; adaptation de Roger Nimier et Louis Malle ; dialogue de Roger Nimier ; une production Nouvelles Éditions de Films ; producteur délégué, Jean Thuillier

Based on the novel by Noël CalefOriginally produced as a motion picture in 1957"Special edition double-disc set features: Disc one. New, restored high-definition digital transfer; Theatrical trailers; New and improved English subtitle translation -- 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; PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by critic Terrence Rafferty, an interview with Louis Malle, and a tribute by film producer Vincent Malle"--ContainerDisc 1: The film (92 min.), disc 2: Special features (approximately 154 min.)

black and white

monaural

Cinematographer, Henri Decaë ; editor, Léonide Azar ; original music, Miles Davis ; screenwriters, Rino Mondellini and Jean Mandaroux

other

Special edition double-disc set.

9781559409759

videodisc

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

2 videodiscs (92 min.), sound, black-and-white, 4 3/4 in. +, 1 booklet (23 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 19 cm)

sound on medium

videodisc

(OCoLC)66903086

DVD format; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby digital mono; aspect ratio 1.66:1, enhanced for 16:9 widescreen televisions

715515017725

CC1627D -- The Criterion Collection

DVD