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Elevator to the Gallows. Elevator to the Gallows (French: Ascenseur pour l'échafaud), also known as Frantic in the US and Lift to the Scaffold in the UK, 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 ...
Elevator to the Gallows: Directed by Louis Malle. With Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Yori Bertin. A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.
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Jeanne Moreau. Actress: Jules and Jim. When people gave Louis Malle credit for making a star of Jeanne Moreau in Elevator to the Gallows (1958) immediately followed by The Lovers (1958), he would point out that Moreau by that time had already been "recognized as the prime stage actress of her generation."
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Aug 3, 2016 · Jeanne Moreau and Miles Davis during the recording of the music for Louis Malle’s film “Elevator to the Gallows,” in December, 1957. Photograph by AGIP / RDA / Everett Save this story
Elevator to the Gallows. For his feature debut, twenty-four-year-old Louis Malle brought together a mesmerizing performance by Jeanne Moreau, evocative cinematography by Henri Decaë, and a now legendary jazz score by Miles Davis. Taking place over the course of one restless Paris night, Malle’s richly atmospheric crime thriller stars Moreau ...
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Elevator to the Gallows (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud), Louis Malle’s outstanding first feature film, is one of the most stylish films of its era. A sophisticated blend of French New Wave and American Film Noir, its beautiful black and white images, fluid mise-en-scène, and moody jazz score still impress almost half a century after it was first released.
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Elevator to the Gallows. Directed by Louis Malle • 1958 • France. Starring Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly. For his feature debut, twenty-four-year-old Louis Malle brought together a mesmerizing performance by Jeanne Moreau, evocative cinematography by Henri Decaë, and a now legendary jazz score by Miles Davis.
