Au revoir les enfants
- Responsibility
- Janus Films ; ecrit et réalisé par Louis Malle ; une co-production, Nouvelles Éditions de Films, M.K.2 Productions, Stella Film, N.E.F.
- Uniform Title
- Au revoir les enfants (Motion picture)
- Language
- French, English. In French with optional English subtitles.
- Sound
- digital.optical.mono.Dolby digital.
- Video
- NTSC.
- Digital
- video file.DVD video.region 1.
- Publication
- [Irvington, N.Y]. : Criterion Collection, [2006]
- Physical description
- 1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide (17 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm).
- Series
- Criterion collection ; 330.
- Criterion collection ; 327.
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Creators/Contributors
- Contributor
- Malle, Louis, 1932-1995, film director, screenwriter.
- Manesse, Gaspard, 1975- actor.
- Fejtö, Raphaël, actor.
- Racette, Francine, actor.
- Malberg, Stanislas Carré de, 1969- actor.
- Morier-Genoud, Philippe, actor.
- Berléand, François, actor.
- Négret, François, actor.
- Fitz, Peter, 1931-2013, actor.
- Rivet, Pascal, actor.
- Henriet, Benoît, actor.
- Leboeuf, Richard, actor.
- Legrand, Xavier, actor.
- Henriet, Arnaud, actor.
- Chauvin, Jean-Sébastien, actor.
- Étienne, Luc (Actor), actor.
- Edinger, Daniel, actor.
- Bellot, Marcel, actor.
- Flammer, Ami, 1953- actor.
- Jacob, Irène, actor.
- Dubarry, Jean-Paul, actor.
- Staup, Jacqueline, actor.
- Paris, Jacqueline, actor.
- Berta, Renato, director of photography.
- Castro, Emmanuelle, editor of moving image work.
- Jorry, Corinne, costume designer.
- Janus Films, film distributor.
- Nouvelles éditions de films (Firm), production company.
- MK2 Productions production company.
- Stella Films, production company.
- Nouvelle édition française, production company.
- Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Contents/Summary
- Contents
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- Last day of vacation
- New faces
- Joseph
- Teacher's pet
- Confession
- At the bathhouse
- Close call
- Kipplestein
- Treasure hunt
- Parents' day
- At the restaurant
- Movie night
- Punishment
- Boogie-woogie
- Acts of betrayal
- Good-bye
- Color bars.
- Summary
- Tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss between two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true comaraderie, until a secret is revealed. Based on events from writer-director Louis Malle's own childhood, the film is an observed tale of courage, cowardice and tragic awakening.
- Included Work
- Container of: Kemp, Philip. Childhood's end.
- Container of: Murphy, Francis J. Père Jacques and the Petit-Collège d'Avon.
Subjects
- Subject
- Malle, Louis, 1932-1995 > Drama.
- Malle, Louis, 1932-1995.
- German Occupation of France (1940-1945)
- Malle, Louis, 1932-1995 > Drama.
- Jewish children in the Holocaust > Drama.
- France > History > German occupation, 1940-1945 > Drama.
- Children > France > Drama.
- Children.
- Jewish children in the Holocaust.
- France.
- Genre
- War films.
- Fiction films.
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Historical films.
- History.
- Historical films > France.
- Feature films > France.
- Foreign films.
- Motion pictures > France.
- French language films.
- Feature films.
- War > Feature.
- Fiction films.
- French films.
- Historical films.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Local subject
- Robert Baxter Collection.
Bibliographic information
- Release date
- 2006
- Production date
- 1987
- Series
- Criterion collection ; 330
- Criterion collection ; 327
- Note
- Videodisc release of the 1987 motion picture.
- Wide screen (1.66:1).
- "New, restored high-definition digital transfer"--Container.
- Guide includes an essay by film critic Philip Kemp ("Childhood's end"), and an essay by historian Francis J. Murphy ("Père Jacques and the petit-collège d'avon").
- Also issued as part of the set: 3 films by Louis Malle (4 discs, including "The supplements").
- Special features: original theatrical and teaser trailers.
- Production Credits
- Cinematography, Renato Berta ; editor, Emmanuelle Castro ; production design, Willy Holt ; costumes, Corinne Jorry ; production manager, Gerald Molto.
- Participant
- Gaspard Manesse, Raphäel Fejtö, Francine Racette, Stanislas Carré de Malberg, Philippe Morier-Genoud, François Berléand, François Négret, Peter Fitz, Pascal Rivet, Benoît Henriet, Richard Leboeuf, Xavier Legrand, Arnaud Henriet, Jean-Sébastien Chauvin, Luc Étienne, Daniel Edinger, Marcel Bellot, Ami Flammer, Irène Jacob, Jean-Paul Dubarry, Jacqueline Staup, Jacqueline Paris.
- Format
- DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen format (1.66:1) enhanced for 16:9 widescreen TVs; Dolby digital mono.
- Related Work
- 3 films by Louis Malle.
- ISBN
- 0780030044
- 9780780030046
- 0780030566 (set)
- Publisher Number
- AUR020 The Criterion Collection
- MAL030 The Criterion Collection (set)