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Basic facts

Original title Ascenseur pour l'échafaud
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
Swedish release 1959-05-11

Cast

Jeanne Moreau
Florence Carala

Maurice Ronet
Julien Tavernier

Yori Bertin
Véronique

Jean Wall
Simon Carala

Elga Andersen
Frieda Bencker

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Titles

Original title
Swedish release title

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director
Technical Advisor
Script Supervisor
Dialogue
Unit Manager
Camera Operator
First Assistant Cameraman
Still Photographer
Assistant Cameraman
Musician
Assistant Production Designer
Propman
Make-up Supervisor
Assistant Film Editor
Sound Assistant
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Cast

Jeanne Moreau Florence Carala
Maurice Ronet Julien Tavernier
Georges Poujouly Louis
Yori Bertin Véronique
Jean Wall Simon Carala
Elga Andersen Frieda Bencker
Sylviane Aisenstein Yvonne, flickan i baren
Micheline Bona Geneviève
Gisèle Grandpré Jacqueline Mauclair
Jacqueline Staup Anna, servitris på baren Royal Camée
Marcel Cuvelier motellreceptionisten
Gérard Darrieu Maurice, vaktmästare
Charles Denner polisinspektören som förhör Tavernier
Hubert Deschamps åklagarens ersättare
Jacques Hilling bilförsäljaren
Marcel Journet ordföranden i förvaltningsrådet
François Joux poliskommissarien
Iván Petrovich Horst Bencker
Félix Marten Christian Subervie
Lino Ventura kriminalkommissarie Cherrier
- Ej krediterade:
Roger Jacquet Gaston, servitör på Royal Camée
Nicolas Bataille gäst i restaurangen
Pierre Frag gäst i restaurangen
Marcel Bernier polis på polisstationen
Lucien Desagneaux journalist
Jean-Claude Brialy schackspelande ung man på motellet
Alice Reichen florist
Christian Brocard matgäst
Robert Balpo matgäst
Jimmy Perrys matgäst
Olivier Darrieux chauffören
Guy Henry polisinspektör
Pierre Devilder en man
Micheline Sarfati en kvinna

Companies

Production Company Nouvelles Éditions de Films SA
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Svenska AB Nordisk Tonefilm 1959
Distributor in Sweden (DCP) Nonstop Entertainment AB 2017
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) Atlantic Film AB 2007
Special Effects Atelier d'Art Cinématographique (LAX)

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 93731
Date 1959-03
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 2485 meters
Censored length 2484 meters
Notes Speltid: 91 minuter. Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 2.35:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Optical mono
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 2500 meter
Length in minutes 91 min
Reels 5 reels


Original work

Original title Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (Novel)
Author Noël Calef


Production location

1956-09-23 1957-11-15
26 Rue de Courcelles Paris France
56 Boulevard de Grenelle Paris France
Café le Cézanne Paris France
Champs Élysées Paris France
Pont de Bir-Hakeim Paris France
Seine Paris France

Release dates

First showing 1958-01-29 Paris France
Release in Sweden 1959-05-11 Olympia Stockholm Sweden 91 min
TV showing 1969-09-30 TV2 Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 1999-03
DVD release 2007-11-21 Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2008-02-21
2008-03-25
Cinematheque screening 2016-02-15 Victoria Stockholm Sweden
2016-02-21 Filmhuset Stockholm Sweden
Re-release 2017-10-13 Sweden

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2477


Element type Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type DCP


Holdings Posters

Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Scripts

Script type Cutting continuity
Language English


Script type Dialoglista
Language French


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck



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