Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
January 29, 1958Release Date
Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
January 29, 1958Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Jeanne Moreau
Florence Carala
Maurice Ronet
Julien Tavernier
Georges Poujouly
Louis
Yori Bertin
Véronique
Lino Ventura
Le Commissaire Cherrier
Iván Petrovich
Horst Bencker
Elga Andersen
Frieda Bencker
Jean Wall
Simon Carala
Gérard Darrieu
Maurice
Gisèle Grandpré
Jacqueline Mauclair
Micheline Bona
Geneviève
Charles Denner
L'Adjoint du Commissaire Cherrier
Félix Marten
Christian Subervie
Hubert Deschamps
Le Substitut du Procureur
Jacques Hilling
Le Garagiste
Marcel Journet
Le Président du Conseil d'Administration
François Joux
Commissaire de Police
Jean-Claude Brialy
Le Jeune Homme du Motel (uncredited)
Gisèle Grandpré
Jacqueline Mauclair
Jacqueline Staup
Anna
Marcel Cuvelier
Le Réceptionniste du Motel
Nicolas Bataille
Un Consommateur à la Brasserie (uncredited)
Pierre Frag
Un Consommateur à la Brasserie (uncredited)
Christian Brocard
Un Consommateur (uncredited)
Marcel Bernier
Un Policier au Commissariat (uncredited)
Guy Henry
Un Inspecteur (uncredited)
Roger Jacquet
Gaston (uncredited)
Alice Reichen
La Fleuriste (uncredited)
Sylviane Aisenstein
Yvonne, la Fille du Bar
Robert Balpo
Un Consommateur (uncredited)
Olivier Darrieux
Le Chauffeur (uncredited)
Lucien Desagneaux
Un Journaliste (uncredited)
Pierre Devilder
Petit Rôle (uncredited)
Louis Malle
Director / Screenplay
Roger Nimier
Screenplay / Dialogue
Jean Thuillier
Producer
Miles Davis
Original Music Composer / Musician
Henri Decaë
Director of Photography
Léonide Azar
Editor
Jean Mandaroux
Art Direction
Rino Mondellini
Art Direction
Irénée Leriche
Production Manager
Hubert Mérial
Unit Production Manager
Alain Cavalier
Assistant Director
Raymond Gauguier
Sound Engineer
Jean-Louis Castelli
Still Photographer
Jean Rabier
First Assistant Camera
Vincent Rossell
Still Photographer
André Villard
Camera Operator
Madeleine Bibollet
Assistant Editor
Kenout Peltier
Assistant Editor
Francine Corteggiani
Script Supervisor
Noël Calef
Novel
François Leterrier
Second Assistant Director
Pierre Guffroy
First Assistant Art Direction
Jacques Martin
Property Master
Pierre Lax
Special Effects
André Bouladoux
Key Grip
Kenny Clarke
Musician
Pierre Michelot
Musician
René Urtreger
Musician
Barney Wilen
Musician
Jean-Paul Sassy
Technical Advisor
Boris de Fast
Makeup Artist
Micheline Sarfati
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 29, 1958
Original NameAscenseur pour l'échafaud
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 31m
Box Office$263,404
Genres
Wiki.
Elevator to the Gallows (French: Ascenseur pour l'échafaud), also known as Frantic in the U.S. and Lift to the Scaffold in the U.K., is a 1958 French crime thriller film directed by Louis Malle, starring Jeanne Moreau and Maurice Ronet as illicit lovers whose murder plot starts to unravel after one of them becomes trapped in an elevator. The scenario was adapted from the 1956 novel of the same name by Noël Calef.
Associated by some critics with film noir, and introducing new narrative, cinematographic, and editing techniques, the film is considered an important work in establishing the French New Wave and the New Modern Cinema. The improvised soundtrack by Miles Davis and the relationship the film establishes among music, image, and emotion were considered ground-breaking.