| Edition |
Special ed. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (131 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([12] p. : col. ill. ; 18 cm.) |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 462 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 462.
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| Note |
Title from container. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1980. |
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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. |
| Credits |
Cinematographer, Nestor Almendros ; editor, Martine Barraqué ; music, Georges Delerue. |
| Cast |
Gérard Depardieu, Catherine Deneuve, Jean Poiret, Andréa Ferréol, Paulette Dubost, Jean-Louis Richard, Sabine Haudepin, Maurice Risch, Heinz Bennent. |
| 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. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.66:1); Dolby Digital mono. |
| Language |
French dialogue with English subtitles (new and improved translation). |
| Subject |
Jewish men -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
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Actresses -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Drama.
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Theater -- Production and direction -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
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Theatrical companies -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Theater and the war -- Drama.
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France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Romance films
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War films
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| Added Author |
Truffaut, François. Screenwriter. Director.
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Schiffman, Suzanne. Screenwriter.
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Grumberg, Jean-Claude, 1939- Screenwriter.
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Depardieu, Gérard, 1948- Actor.
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Deneuve, Catherine, 1943- Actor.
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Poiret, Jean, 1926- Actor.
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Ferréol, Andréa, 1947-
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Dubost, Paulette.
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Richard, Jean-Louis.
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Haudepin, Sabine, 1955-
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Risch, Maurice, 1943-
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Bennent, Heinz.
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Delerue, Georges, 1925-1992.
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Films du carrosse (Firm)
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S.E.D.I.F.
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Société nationale télévision française 1.
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Société française de production.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Last metro |
| ISBN |
9781604651201 |
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1604651202 |
| Standard No. |
715515042215 |
| Music No. |
CC1793D Criterion Collection |
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