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The confession = L'aveu
Title
The confession = L'aveu / adaptation et dialogue de Jorge Semprun ; produit par Robert Dorfmann et Bertrand Javal ; réalisation de Costa-Gavras ; Les films Corona ; Les films Pomereu ; Fono ; Selenia Cinematografica.
ISBN
9781604659801
1604659807
Edition
Director approved Blu-ray special edition.
Publication
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2015]
Copyright Notice Date
© 2015
Physical Description
1 videodisc (139 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold-out insert.
Notes
Based on the account by Artur London and Lise London.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1970.
New 2K digital restoration done in 2014 by KG Productions.
Widescreen (1.66:1).
Special features: You speak of Prague: the second trial of Arthur London (1971), a twenty-one-minute documentary by Chris Marker shot on the set of "The confession"; New interview with the film's editor, Françoise Bonnot; Conversation between director Costa-Gavras and programmer and scholar Peter von Bagh about the director's life and career, from the 1988 Midnight Sun Festival; Portrait London, a 1981 interview with Artur and Lise London, the real-life figures on whose story the film is based; Interview with actor Yves Montand from 1970; New interview with John Michalczyk, author of Costa-Gavras: the political fiction film; Plus: an essay by film scholar Dina Iordanova.
Director of photography, Raoul Coutard ; editor, Françoise Bonnot.
French dialogue; optional English subtitles.
Summary
The master of the political thriller became an instant phenomenon after the mammoth success of Z, and he quickly followed it with the perhaps even more riveting The Confession. Based on a harrowing true story from the era of Soviet bloc show trials in the early fifties, a influential Czechoslovak dignitary is abducted, imprisoned, and interrogated by fellow members of his country's Communist ruling party, their intentions vague, their methods terrifying.
Variant and related titles
L'aveu
Confession
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
French
Added to Catalog
February 15, 2018
Series
The Criterion Collection ; 759
Credits
Director of photography, Raoul Coutard ; editor, Françoise Bonnot.
Cast
Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Gabriele Ferzetti, Michel Vitold.
System details note
Blu-ray; mono; requires Blu-ray player.
Videorecording number
CC2472BD The Criterion Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Biographical films.
Historical films.
Feature films.
Motion pictures - France.
Motion pictures - Italy.
Biographical films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Historical films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Also listed under
Films Corona, production company.
Films Pomeres, production company.
Fono Roma (Firm), production company.
Selenia Cinematografica (Firm), production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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