Ascenseur pour l'échafaud = Elevator to the Gallows (1957)
JulienTavernier is a former paratrooper, who now works for millionaire arms dealer Simon Carala. He is in love with Florence, Carala's wife. The pair plan to murder Simon and make it look like a suicide, but Julien forgets a rather important detail. Leaving the engine of his sports car running, he races up to the office to retrieve it, but fate intervenes, and Julien misses his rendezvous with Florence. She spends the night wandering the Parisian streets alone. Meanwhile brash teenager Louis and his girlfriend Veronique decide to "borrow" the car, which launches a disastrous stream of coincidence with sinister consequences.
Primary Title
- Ascenseur pour l'échafaud = Elevator to the Gallows
Date Broadcast
- 1957
Release Year
- 1957
Duration
- 92:00
Channel
- TV and Radio
Broadcaster
- He Māra Mahara | Cultural Collections
Programme Description
- JulienTavernier is a former paratrooper, who now works for millionaire arms dealer Simon Carala. He is in love with Florence, Carala's wife. The pair plan to murder Simon and make it look like a suicide, but Julien forgets a rather important detail. Leaving the engine of his sports car running, he races up to the office to retrieve it, but fate intervenes, and Julien misses his rendezvous with Florence. She spends the night wandering the Parisian streets alone. Meanwhile brash teenager Louis and his girlfriend Veronique decide to "borrow" the car, which launches a disastrous stream of coincidence with sinister consequences.
Classification
- PGR
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- French
Captioning Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Film out of copyright (NZ). Made for the University of Auckland's educational use.
Subjects
- Murderers--Drama
- Man-woman relationships--Drama
- Married people--Drama
- Mistaken identity--Drama
- Crime--France--Drama
- Film noir
- Calef, Noël, 1907-1968--Film adaptations
- France--Paris
- Juvenile delinquents--France--Drama
- Feature films--France
Genres
- Crime drama
- Thriller
Contributors
- Louis Malle (Director)
- Louis Malle (Writer)
- Roger Nimier (Writer)
- Jean Thuillier (Producer)
- Jeanne Moreau (Actor)
- Maurice Ronet (Actor)
- Georges Poujouly (Actor)
- Yori Bertin (Actor)
- Jean Wall (Actor)
- Elga Andersen (Actor)
- Micheline Bona (Actor)
- Gisèle Grandpré (Actor)
- Hubert Deschamps (Actor)
- Henri Decaë (Director of Photography)
- Jean Mandaroux (Production Designer)
- Rino Mondellini (Production Designer)
- Léonide Azar (Editor)
- Miles Davis (Composer)
Subjects
- Murderers--Drama
- Man-woman relationships--Drama
- Married people--Drama
- Mistaken identity--Drama
- Crime--France--Drama
- Film noir
- Calef, Noël, 1907-1968--Film adaptations
- France--Paris
- Juvenile delinquents--France--Drama
- Feature films--France