Louis Malle collection [videorecording] / Nouvelles Editions de Films ; Optimum Releasing ; Optimum World ; Pyramide distribution ; directed by Louis Malle ; [Disc. 1.] Ascenseur pour l'echafaud = Lift to the scaffold, produced and written by Jean Muillier ; based on the novel by Noël Calef ; [Disc 3.] Les amants = The lovers, written by Louise de Vilmorin. [Disc 4.] Zazie dans le métro, produced by Irenée Leriche ; based on the novel by Raymond Queneau.

United Kingdom : Nouvelles Éditions de Films : Optimum Releasing, Ltd., c2006.

4 videodiscs (364 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

[Disc 1.] (Ascenseur pour l'echafaud = Lift to the scaffold) A pair of lovers who conspire to murder Florence's husband in the most ingenious manner. However, not everything goes quite as planned. [Disc 2.] (Le feu follet = The fire within) Charts the downward spiral Alain, a recovering alcoholic who sees no future for himself. He leaves rehab to visit to visit some old friends, but will they provide the connection he is looking for? [Disc 3.] (Les amants = The lovers) A middle class woman and mother who is bored with her life. But she is awakened when she meets Bernard, a younger man with whom she embarks on an affair. [Disc 4.] (Zazie dans le métro) About a twelve year old girl's adventures around Paris. Zazie is dumped on hapless Uncle Gabriel so her mother can spend thirty-six hours with her lover. However, Zazie manages to escape from her Uncle and sets off to explore Paris by herself.

Images / Video & Film

French

December 03, 2007

(Ascenseur pour l'echafaud = Lift to the scaffold) Cinematographer, Jean-Louis Castelli ; editor, Leonide Azar ; music, Miles Davis; (Le feu follet = The fire within) Cinematographer, Ghislain Cloouet ; editor, Monique Nana, Suzanne Baron ; music, Erik Satie ; (Les amants = The lovers), cinematographer, Henri Decae ; editor, Leonide Azar ; music, Brahms; (Zazie dans le métro) cinematographer, Henri Raichi, editor, Kenout Peltier ; music, Fiorenzo Carpi.

(Ascenseur pour l'echafaud = Lift to the scaffold) Jeanne Moreau, Julian Tavernier ; (Le feu follet = The fire within) Maurice Ronet, Jeanne Moreau, Léna Skerla, Yvonne Clech, Hubert Deschamps ; (Les amants = The lovers) Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Marc Bory, Judith Magre, José Villalonga, Alain Cuny ; (Zazie dans le métro) Philippe Noiret, Catherine Demongeot.

DVD ; PAL, region 2 .