Le dernier métro = The last metro /

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. Sh...

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Corporate Authors: Criterion Collection (Firm), Films du carrosse (Firm), S.E.D.I.F, Société française de production, Société nationale télévision française 1
Other Authors: Bennent, Heinz, Delerue, Georges, 1925-1992, Deneuve, Catherine, 1943- (Actor), Depardieu, Gérard, 1948- (Actor), Dubost, Paulette, Ferréol, Andréa, 1947-, Grumberg, Jean-Claude, 1939- (Screenwriter), Haudepin, Sabine, 1955-, Poiret, Jean, 1926-1992 (Actor), Richard, Jean-Louis, Risch, Maurice, 1943-, Schiffman, Suzanne (Screenwriter), Truffaut, François (Screenwriter, Director)
Format: Unknown
Language:French
Published: [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2009]
Series:Criterion collection ; 462
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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
Item Description:Special features: Disc one: 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. Disc two: 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
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Physical Description:2 videodiscs (131 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([12] p. : col. ill. ; 18 cm.)
Format:DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.66:1); Dolby Digital mono., NTSC
Audience:Not rated
Production Credits:Cinematographer, Nestor Almendros ; editor, Martine Barraqué ; music, Georges Delerue
ISBN:1604651202
9781604651201