Elevator to the gallows  [videorecording] / 
 Ascenseur pour l'echafaud.  Louis Malle's elevator to the gallows. 

 - Special ed. 
 - [United States] :  Criterion Collection,  c2006. 
 - 2 videodiscs (92 min.) :  sd., b&w ;  4 3/4 in. +  1 booklet (23 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.) 
 - Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ;  335. .
<br/><br/> Widescreen; mono.  Based on the novel by Noël Calef.  Originally issued as a motion picture in 1957.  Special features: Disc 1. Theatrical trailers; Disc 2. Interview with Jeanne Moreau, interviews with director and crew, footage of Miles Davis and Louis Malle during the recording session, video program about the score, Malle's student film Crazeologie. 
<br/><br/> Disc One - new Restored high Definition digital transfer - Theatrical Trailers - New and Improved English subtitle translation  Disc Tow - new interview with actor Jeanne Moreau - Archival interviews with director Louis Malle, actors Maurice Ronet and Jeanne Moreau, and original soundtrack session pianist Rene Urtreger - Footage of Miles Davis and Louis Malle from the soundtrack recording session - New Video program about the score, with Jazz trumpeter Jon Faddis and Critic Gary Giddins - Malle's Student film Crazeologie, featuring the title song by Charlie Parker - PLUS a booklet featuring a new essay by critic Terrence Rafferty, an interview with Louis Malle, and a tribute by film producer Vincent  Malle. 
<br/><br/>Photography, Henri Decae; music, Miles Davis; editor, Léonide Azar.  Photography, Henri Decae; music, Miles Davis; editor, Léonide Azar. 
<br/><br/>Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Yori Bertin, Jean Wall, Lino Ventura. 
<br/><br/> Florence Carala and her lover Julien Tavernier, an ex-paratrooper, want to murder her husband by faking a suicide. 
<br/><br/> Rating: Not rated. 
<br/><br/><br/>DVD (NTSC, region 1). 16:9 Aspect ratio - Dolby Digital Mono 
<br/><br/><br/>Public performance rights: Criterion. 
<br/><br/><br/>French with optional English subtitles. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1559409754 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>715515017725 
<br/><br/><label>Publisher. No.: </label>CC1627D  The Criterion Collection 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Calef, Noël, 1907-1968 --Film and video adaptations.<br/>Louis Malle
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mistaken identity--Drama.<br/>Feature films--Drama.<br/>Feature films--Murder.<br/>Feature films--Romantic Affairs.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Feature films--France.<br/>Motion pictures, French.