Directed by:
Louis MalleCinematography:
Henri DecaëComposer:
Miles DavisCast:
Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Yori Bertin, Iván Petrovich, Elga Andersen, Jean Wall, Lino Ventura, Charles Denner, Jean-Claude Brialy (more)Plots(1)
French black comedy in which a crime of passion goes horribly wrong when the killer gets trapped in a lift. As Julien (Maurice Ronet)'s lover, Florence Carala (Jeanne Moreau) - who also happens to be the victim's wife - is out searching for him in Paris, a young hood and his girl steal the killer's car, complicating matters further. This was Louis Malle's first film as director and it partly set the tone for the 'new wave' to come. It is also notable for its famous jazz score, improvised in one night by Miles Davis while the film was being projected. (Artificial Eye)
(more)Cast
Jeanne Moreau
France
Best movies:
The Carmelites (1960)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Evidence in Concrete (1958)
Maurice Ronet
France
Best movies:
Blazing Sun (1960)
A Time to Live and a Time to Die (1963)
The Seven Deadly Sins (1952)
Georges Poujouly
France
Best movies:
Forbidden Games (1952)
Les Diaboliques (1955)
Lift to the Scaffold (1958)
Yori Bertin
France
Best movies:
Lift to the Scaffold (1958)
The Nun (1966)
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning (1965)
Iván Petrovich
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Street of Sorrow (1925)
Lift to the Scaffold (1958)
The Magician (1926)
Elga Andersen
German Empire
Best movies:
Le Mans (1971)
Lift to the Scaffold (1958)
The Serpent (1973)
Jean Wall
France
Best movies:
Un drôle de dimanche (1958)
Lift to the Scaffold (1958)
The Possessors (1958)
Lino Ventura
Italy
Best movies:
Marie-October (1959)
Witness in the City (1959)
Les Misérables (1982)
Charles Denner
Poland
Best movies:
The Two of Us (1967)
Mado (1976)
Z (1969)
Jean-Claude Brialy
France
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Holy Year (1976)
Bernard La Jarrige
France
Best movies:
The Train (1964)
The Spies (1957)
The Seventh Company Has Been Found (1975)
Pierre Jourdan
France
Best movies:
The Red and the Black (1954)
Lift to the Scaffold (1958)
Le Joueur (1958)
Jacques Hilling
Australia
Best movies:
No Vacation for Mr. Mayor (1951)
The Fighting Musketeers (1961)
Maigret Sets a Trap (1958)
Hubert Deschamps
France
Best movies:
The Man from Acapulco (1973)
The Spies (1957)
Dear Inspector (1978)
Marcel Cuvelier
France
Best movies:
The Confession (1970)
The Truth (1960)
Lift to the Scaffold (1958)
Pierre Frag
France
Best movies:
My New Partner (1984)
Les Grandes Gueules (1965)
The Rise of Louis XIV (1966) (TV movie)
Gisèle Grandpré
France
Best movies:
Lift to the Scaffold (1958)
The Track (1975)
If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)
Micheline Bona
France
Best movies:
Lift to the Scaffold (1958)
Murmur of the Heart (1971)
Flesh of the Orchid (1975)
Jacqueline Staup
Egypt
Best movies:
Milou in May (1990)
The Sleeping Car Murders (1965)
Lacombe Lucien (1974)
Gérard Darrieu
France
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1958)
The Professional (1981)
Witness in the City (1959)