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Le dernier métro = The last metro / MK2, Marin Karmitz ; un production [de] Les films du carrosse ; Sedif S.A. ; T.F. 1 ; Société française de production ; scénario de François Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman ; dialogue de François Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman, Jean-Claude Grumberg ; mise en scène, François Truffaut.
LIBRA BLU RAY PN1997 .D4765 2009 disc + booklet
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Criterion collection ; 462.
- The Criterion collection ; 462
- Standardized Title:
- Dernier métro (Motion picture : 1980)
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Jewish men--France--Paris--Drama.
- Jewish men.
- Actresses--France--Paris--Drama.
- Actresses.
- World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Drama.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Theater--Production and direction--France--Paris--Drama.
- Theater.
- Theatrical companies--France--Paris--Drama.
- Theatrical companies.
- World War, 1939-1945--Theater and the war--Drama.
- France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945--Drama.
- France.
- Theater--Production and direction.
- War--Underground movements.
- War and theater.
- France--Paris.
- Genre:
- Motion pictures -- France.
- Drama
- Feature films
- Fiction films
- History
- Romance films
- War films
- Romance films.
- War films.
- Feature films.
- Motion pictures, French.
- Fiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([12] pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm)
- Edition:
- Blu-ray special edition.
- Other Title:
- Last metro
- Place of Publication:
- [New York] : Criterion Collection, [2009]
- Language Note:
- French dialogue with optional English subtitles (new and improved translation).
- System Details:
- Blu-ray disc, Region A, widescreen (1.66:1); Dolby Digital uncompressed mono., 1080p High-Definition.
- This Blu-ray disc will not play in standard DVD players.
- digital optical mono
- widescreen (1.66:1)
- video file Blu-ray region A
- Summary:
- Paris, 1942. Lucas Steiner is a Jew who feels compelled to leave the country in order to survive the German occupation during WWII. His wife Marion is an actress and a member of the Resistance who goes on to direct the theater for him. She tries to keep the theater alive by rehearsing a new play. She hires Bernard Granger for the leading role. The troupe believes that the show must go on no matter the circumstances. But Lucas never left the country, he is actually hiding in the basement.
- Participant:
- Gérard Depardieu, Catherine Deneuve, Jean Poiret, Andréa Ferréol, Paulette Dubost, Jean-Louis Richard, Sabine Haudepin, Maurice Risch, Heinz Bennent.
- Credits:
- Cinematographer, Nestor Almendros ; editor, Martine Barraqué ; music, Georges Delerue.
- Notes:
- Special features: New audio commentary by Annette Insdorf, author of François Truffaut; audio commentary by actor Gérard Depardieu, historian Jean-Pierre Azéma, and Truffaut biographer Serge Toubiana; deleted scene; French television excerpts featuring interviews with Truffaut and actors Catherine Deneuve, Depardieu, and Jean Poiret; new video interviews with actors Andréa Ferréol, Sabine Haudepin, and Paulette Dubost, second assistant director Alain Tasma, and camera assistants Florent Bazin and Tessa Racine, in which they discuss The last metro's ensemble performances and visual style; a video interview with the celebrated cinematographer Nestor Almendros, detailing his collaborations with Truffaut; "Une histoire d'eau," a 1958 short film by Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard; theatrical trailer. A booklet featuring a new essay by critic Armond White.
- ISBN:
- 9781604651218
- 1604651210
- OCLC:
- 310375145
- Publisher Number:
- 715515042314
- CC1794BD Criterion Collection
- Online:
- View cover art
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