Williamsburg Regional Library

Elevator to the gallows, Ascenseur pour l'échafauds, Nouvelles Éditions de Films ; Janus Films ; producer, Jean Thuillier ; screenplay, Roger Nimier, Louis Malle ; director, Louis Malle

Based on the novel by Noël CalefOriginally produced as a motion picture in 1957Special 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

black and white

monaural

Cinematographer, Henri Decaë ; editor, Léonide Azar ; original music, Miles Davis

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 (approximately 92 min.), sound, black and white, 4 3/4 in. +, 1 booklet.

sound on medium

videodisc

66903086 (OCoLC)66903086

DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.66:1, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., NTSC

715515017725

CC1627D -- The Criterion Collection

DVD