Calgary Public Library

Elevator to the gallows, Ascenseur pour l'echafaud, Lux Compagnie Cinématographique présente ; 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

Title from title frameOriginally released as a motion picture in 1958Based on the novel by Noël Calef, Ascenseur pour l'echafaud (pré-adaptation de l'auteur) [first adaptation by the author]Wide screen (1.66:1 aspect ratio)Special features: 1975 interview with Louis Malle filmed by Canadian television during the production of his film Black moon; interview from 2005 with Jeanne Moreau; Malle and Moreau at Cannes (1993 conversation with journalist Michel Feld, filmed for the French television program Le cercle de minuit); 1957 interview of actor Maurice Ronet by François Chalais for the television program Reflets de Cannes; footage of Miles Davis and Malle from the soundtrack recording session; program from 2005 about the score; Malle's student film Crazeologie; trailers; booket featuring an essay by Terrence Rafferty, and inteview with Malle and a tribute by film producer Vincent Malle

black and white

monaural

Director of photography, Henri Decae ; editor, Léonide Azar ; original music, Miles Davis

other

DVD special edition.

9781681433981

videodisc

Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Yori Bertin, Jean Wall, Elga Andersen, Sylviane Aisenstein, Micheline Bona, Gisèle Grandpré, Jacqueline Staup, Marcel Cuvelier, Gérard Darrieu, Charles Denner, Hubert Deschamps, Jacques Hilling, Marcel Journet, François Joux, Ivan Petrovich, Félix Marten, Lino Ventura

1 videodisc (92 min.), DVD video, sound, black and white, 4 3/4 in.

sound on medium

videodisc

(OCoLC)1017475970

DVD; NTSC; region 1; Dolby digital 1.0 mono; 16:9 widescreen presentation

715515209816

CC2848DDVD -- The Criterion Collection

DVD