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Le Trou = The hole / Janus Films ; Studio Canal+ ; une coproduction Playart, Filmsonor, Titanus ; un film de Jacques Becker ; directeurs de production, Georges Charlot, Jean Mottet ; adaption de Jacques Becker, José Giovanni, Jean Aurel ; dialogues Jacques Becker et José Giovanni.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Becker, Jacques, 1906-1960, director, adapter.
Aurel, Jean, 1925-1996, screenwriter.
Constantin, Michel, 1924-2003, actor.
Keraudy, Jean, actor.
Leroy, Philippe, 1930- actor.
Meunier, Raymond, actor.
Michel, Marc, actor.
Spaak, Catherine, actor.
Giovanni, José, 1923-2004.
Play art (Firm), producer.
Filmsonor (Firm), producer.
Titanus (Firm), producer.
Janus Films, distributor, producer.
Criterion Collection (Firm), distributor.
Studio Canal+, distributor.
Series:
Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)
Criterion collection ; 129.
Criterion collection ; 129
The Classic collection
Language:
English
French
Subjects (All):
Prisoners--France--Drama.
Prisoners.
Prisons--France--Drama.
Prisons.
Escapes--France--Drama.
Escapes.
Paris (France)--Drama.
Paris (France).
Motion pictures, French.
Motion pictures, Italian.
Giovanni, José, 1923-2004--Film adaptations.
Giovanni, José.
Giovanni, José, 1923-2004.
France.
Genre:
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Prison films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Crime films.
Drama.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
monochrome
Other Title:
Hole
Title on container: Jacques Becker's Le trou
Place of Publication:
[Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection ; [Los Angeles, Calif.] : Janus Films, [2001]
Language Note:
French soundtrack; English subtitles.
System Details:
Based on the novel Le Trou / Jose Giovanni, which was in turn based on a true story.
DVD; Dolby digital mono.
digital
optical
mono
video file
DVD video
Summary:
A group of prisoners plan a jailbreak. On the verge of freedom the prisoners discover that one of them has betrayed them in hopes of reducing his sentence.
Participant:
Michel Constantin, Jean Keraudy, Philippe Leroy, Raymond Meunier, Marc Michel, Catherine Spaak.
Credits:
Director of photography, Ghislain Cloquet; editors, Marguerite Renoir, Geneviève Vaury.
Notes:
Special feature: reprinted excerpts from the 1964 U.S. pressbook.
Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 1960.
ISBN:
0780024028
OCLC:
48411498
Publisher Number:
037429156223
TRO090 The Criterion Collection

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