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Le vieil homme et l'enfant = The two of us / Valoria Films ; Renn Productions ; Rialto Pictures ; Pathé cinéma ; Janus Films ; André Hunebelle présente ; scenario et dialogues de Claude Berri ; adaptation de Gérard Brach et Claude Berri ; collaboration de Michel Rivelin; un film de Claude Berri.
LIBRA DVD 010 874 disc + booklet
Available from offsite location
LIBRA DVD PQ2662.E73 V542 2007 disc + booklet
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Sterritt, David, author.
- Series:
- Criterion collection ; 388.
- The Criterion collection ; 388
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Berri, Claude--Film adaptations.
- Berri, Claude.
- Antisemitism.
- History.
- Jewish children.
- France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945--Drama.
- France.
- Jewish children--France--Drama.
- Antisemitism--History--20th century--Drama.
- Motion pictures, French.
- Genre:
- War films.
- Feature films.
- Film adaptations.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 pages ; 19 cm).
- monochrome
- Edition:
- Director-aproved special édition.
- Other Title:
- Two of us
- Place of Publication:
- Irvington, NY : Criterion Collection, [2007]
- Language Note:
- In French with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD; Dolby digital mono; Region 1.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- During the Occupation, a Jewish boy is sent under an assumed name to the country to live with an older couple. Friendship develops between the boy and the old man who is violently anti-Semitic but knows nothing of the boy's origins.
- Participant:
- Michel Simon, Alain Cohen, Luce Fabiole, Roger Carel, Paul Preboist, Charles Denner.
- Credits:
- Photographer, Jean Penzer ; editors, Sophie Coussein, Denise Charvein ; music, George Delerue.
- Notes:
- Based on the novel by Claude, Berri.
- Aspect ratio 1.66:1.
- Originally released in 1967.
- Special features: Le poulet (1962), director Claude Berr's Oscar-winning short film; new video interview with Berri and actor Alain Cohen; interviews from 1967 with Berri and Michel Simon; excerpt from "The jewish children of occupied France," a 1975 French talk-show segment featuring Berri and the woman who helped secure his family's saftey during World War II; original theatrical trailer. Plus: a booklet featuring a new essay by critic David Sterritt, an appreciation of the film by Francois Truffaut, and wxcerpts from Berri's memoir.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Elizabeth Bowers Peck, 1929 Endowment Book Fund.
- Contains:
- Poulet
- ISBN:
- 1934121576
- OCLC:
- 122942717
- Publisher Number:
- 715515024129
- 1696 Criterion Collection
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