The last metro, Le dernier métro, Les Films du carrosse ; Sedif S.A. ; T.F. 1 ; Société française de production ; script by François Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman ; dialogue by François Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman, Jean-Claude Grumberg ; directed by François Truffaut
Type
Label
The last metro, Le dernier métro, Les Films du carrosse ; Sedif S.A. ; T.F. 1 ; Société française de production ; script by François Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman ; dialogue by François Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman, Jean-Claude Grumberg ; directed by François Truffaut
Language
fre
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Not rated
Main title
The last metro
Medium
videorecording
Oclc number
294861148
Responsibility statement
Les Films du carrosse ; Sedif S.A. ; T.F. 1 ; Société française de production ; script by François Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman ; dialogue by François Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman, Jean-Claude Grumberg ; directed by François Truffaut
Runtime
131
Series statement
The Criterion collection, 462
Sub title
Le dernier métro
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
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Classification
Contributor
- Depardieu, Gérard, 1948-
- Société nationale télévision française 1
- Truffaut, François
- Richard, Jean-Louis
- Bennent, Heinz
- Poiret, Jean, 1926-1992
- Films du carrosse (Firm)
- Société française de production
- S.E.D.I.F
- Haudepin, Sabine, 1955-
- Delerue, Georges, 1925-1992
- Dubost, Paulette
- Ferréol, Andréa, 1947-
- Grumberg, Jean-Claude, 1939-
- Risch, Maurice, 1943-
- Criterion Collection (Firm)
- Deneuve, Catherine, 1943-
- Schiffman, Suzanne
Subject
- Actresses -- France -- Paris -- Drama
- Theater + Production and direction -- France -- Paris -- Drama
- Theatrical companies -- France -- Paris -- Drama
- World War, 1939-1945 + Underground movements -- Drama
- War films
- World War, 1939-1945 + Theater and the war -- Drama
- Romance films
- Feature films
- Fiction films
- Jewish men -- France -- Paris -- Drama
- France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Drama
Content
Director
resource.screenwriter
Mapped to
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor18
- Depardieu, Gérard, 1948-
- Société nationale télévision française 1
- Truffaut, François
- Richard, Jean-Louis
- Bennent, Heinz
- Poiret, Jean, 1926-1992
- Films du carrosse (Firm)
- Société française de production
- S.E.D.I.F
- Haudepin, Sabine, 1955-
- Delerue, Georges, 1925-1992
- Dubost, Paulette
- Ferréol, Andréa, 1947-
- Grumberg, Jean-Claude, 1939-
- Risch, Maurice, 1943-
- Criterion Collection (Firm)
- Deneuve, Catherine, 1943-
- Schiffman, Suzanne
- Genre4
- Subject11
- Actresses -- France -- Paris -- Drama
- Theater + Production and direction -- France -- Paris -- Drama
- Theatrical companies -- France -- Paris -- Drama
- World War, 1939-1945 + Underground movements -- Drama
- War films
- World War, 1939-1945 + Theater and the war -- Drama
- Romance films
- Feature films
- Fiction films
- Jewish men -- France -- Paris -- Drama
- France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Drama
- Content1
- Actor3
- Director1
- Is Part Of1
- resource.screenwriter3
- Mapped to1