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The Resource Le plaisir, Janus Films ; Gaumont ; Columbia Films S.A. présente une production C.C.F.C., E. Harispuru, producteur délégué, et Stera Films ; un film de Max Ophüls ; adaptation de Jacques Natanson et Max Ophüls ; dialogues de Jacques Natanson ; directeurs de la photographie, Christian Matras et Philippe Agostini

Le plaisir, Janus Films ; Gaumont ; Columbia Films S.A. présente une production C.C.F.C., E. Harispuru, producteur délégué, et Stera Films ; un film de Max Ophüls ; adaptation de Jacques Natanson et Max Ophüls ; dialogues de Jacques Natanson ; directeurs de la photographie, Christian Matras et Philippe Agostini

Label
Le plaisir
Title
Le plaisir
Statement of responsibility
Janus Films ; Gaumont ; Columbia Films S.A. présente une production C.C.F.C., E. Harispuru, producteur délégué, et Stera Films ; un film de Max Ophüls ; adaptation de Jacques Natanson et Max Ophüls ; dialogues de Jacques Natanson ; directeurs de la photographie, Christian Matras et Philippe Agostini
Contributor
Actor
Film director
Film producer
Production company
Publisher
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • fre
  • eng
  • fre
  • fre
Summary
An aging man hides behind a mask to meet ladies, a madame takes her girls to a communion, and a painter falls for his model in these stories of life, love, pleasure, and death
Member of
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Music, Joe Hayos ; production design, D'Eaubonne ; production managers, F. Harispuru, Ben Barkay ; costumes, Annenkoff ; editors, Léonide Azar, Suzanne Rondeau
Dewey number
791.43/72
Language note
French dialogue with optional English subtitles
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.P535757 2008
PerformerNote
Claude Dauphin, Gaby Morlay, Madeleine Renaud, Ginette Leclerc, Mila Parély, Danielle Darrieux, Pierre Brasseur, Jean Gabin, Jean Servais, Daniel Gélin, Simone Simon, Amédée, Paul Azaïs, Balpétré, René Blancard, Gaby Bruyère, Mathilde Casadesus, Henri Crémieux, Arthur Devére, Paulette Dubost, Jean Galland, Jocelyn Jany, Robert Lombard, Héléna Manson, Marcel Perés, Jean Meyer, Louis Seigner, Michéle Vadet, Jeanine Vienot, Charles Vissières, Janine Yselle
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1902-1957
  • 1901-1975
  • 1903-1978
  • 1893-1964
  • 1900-1994
  • 1912-1992
  • 1917-2012
  • 1917-2017
  • 1905-1972
  • 1904-1976
  • 1910-1976
  • 1850-1893
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Harispuru, E
  • Ophuls, Max
  • Natanson, Jacques
  • Dauphin, Claude
  • Morlay, Gaby
  • Renaud, Madeleine
  • Leclerc, Ginette
  • Parély, Mila
  • Darrieux, Danielle
  • Brasseur, Pierre
  • Gabin, Jean
  • Servais, Jean
  • Gélin, Daniel
  • Simon, Simone
  • Maupassant, Guy de
  • Janus Films
  • Gaumont (Firm)
  • Columbia Films
  • Compagnie commerciale française cinématographique
  • Stera Film
  • Criterion Collection (Firm)
Runtime
97
Series statement
The Criterion collection
Series volume
444
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Pleasure
  • Love
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Older men
  • Prostitutes
  • Artists' models
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Label
Le plaisir, Janus Films ; Gaumont ; Columbia Films S.A. présente une production C.C.F.C., E. Harispuru, producteur délégué, et Stera Films ; un film de Max Ophüls ; adaptation de Jacques Natanson et Max Ophüls ; dialogues de Jacques Natanson ; directeurs de la photographie, Christian Matras et Philippe Agostini
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1952
  • Special features: New, restored high-definition digital transfer; Introduction by filmmaker Todd Haynes (Far from heaven); English and German-language versions of the opening narration; "From script to screen, " a video essay featuring film scholar Jean-Piere Berthomé discussing the evolution of the director Max Ophuls's screenplay for Le plaisir; Interviews with actor Daniel Gélin, assistant director Tony Aboyantz, and set decorator Robert Christidès; booklet containing an essay by film critic Robin Wood
Accompanying material
1 booklet (16 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Edition
Special edition.
Extent
1 videodisc (97 min.)
Isbn
9781604650600
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515031523
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
CC1766D
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn233218232
  • (Sirsi) o233218232
  • (OCoLC)233218232
System details
DVD; Region 1; NTSC; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Le plaisir, Janus Films ; Gaumont ; Columbia Films S.A. présente une production C.C.F.C., E. Harispuru, producteur délégué, et Stera Films ; un film de Max Ophüls ; adaptation de Jacques Natanson et Max Ophüls ; dialogues de Jacques Natanson ; directeurs de la photographie, Christian Matras et Philippe Agostini
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1952
  • Special features: New, restored high-definition digital transfer; Introduction by filmmaker Todd Haynes (Far from heaven); English and German-language versions of the opening narration; "From script to screen, " a video essay featuring film scholar Jean-Piere Berthomé discussing the evolution of the director Max Ophuls's screenplay for Le plaisir; Interviews with actor Daniel Gélin, assistant director Tony Aboyantz, and set decorator Robert Christidès; booklet containing an essay by film critic Robin Wood
Accompanying material
1 booklet (16 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Edition
Special edition.
Extent
1 videodisc (97 min.)
Isbn
9781604650600
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515031523
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
CC1766D
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn233218232
  • (Sirsi) o233218232
  • (OCoLC)233218232
System details
DVD; Region 1; NTSC; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono
Video recording format
DVD

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