- 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.
- Uniform Title
- Dernier métro (Motion picture : 1980)
- Other Title
- Truffaut's changing times.
Histoire d'eau.
- Variant Title
- Last metro
Last metro a film by François Truffaut
- Series
- The Criterion collection ; 462
Criterion collection ; 462.
- Format
- Video
- Published
- [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2009]
©2009
- Locale
- France
Paris
- Contents
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Disc one the movie: Occupation
Real theater
Rules and permits
Performances
Visitors
Accepting everything
Underground
Smear campaign
Suspicions
Crazy ideas
Plans
Casting
Discoveries
Close call
Unseen influences
Fixing things
Warnings
Revelations
Disastrous evening
Missing
Opening night
Backstage
Reviews
New thoughts
Ways out
Resistance
Inspection
Stage design
Two women
Connections
Curtain call
Color bars (1980) (131 min.); Special features: Commentary [by] Annette Insdorf [optional audio feature]; Commentary [by] Gérard Depardieu and Jean-Pierre Azéma [optional audio feature].
- Other Authors/Editors
- Truffaut, François, screenwriter, director.
Schiffman, Suzanne, screenwriter.
Grumberg, Jean-Claude, 1939- screenwriter.
Depardieu, Gérard, 1948- actor, commentator, interviewee.
Deneuve, Catherine, 1943- actor, commentator, interviewee.
Poiret, Jean, 1926-1992, actor.
Ferréol, Andréa, 1947- actor.
Dubost, Paulette, actor.
Richard, Jean-Louis, actor.
Haudepin, Sabine, 1955- actor.
Risch, Maurice, 1943- actor.
Bennent, Heinz, actor.
Almendros, Nestor, cinematographer, interviewee.
Delerue, Georges, 1925-1992.
Insdorf, Annette, commentator.
Toubiana, Serge, commentator.
White, Armond.
Janus Films.
MK2 Productions.
Films du carrosse (Firm)
S.E.D.I.F.
Société nationale télévision française 1.
Société française de production.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
- Notes
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Originally produced as a French motion picture in 1980.
Disc two the supplements: Deleted scene (5 min.); "Les nouveaux rendez-vous" [featurette] (11 min.); "Passez donc me voir" [featurette] (7 min.); Performing "The Last Metro" [featurette] (15 min.); Visualizing "The Last Metro" [featurette] (10 min.); Working with Truffaut: Nestor Almendros [featurette] (28 min.) "Une histoire d'eau" [featurette] (12 min.); Theatrical trailer (3 min.); booklet includes the essay "Truffaut's Changing Times" by Armond White.
Disc one the movie: Occupation -- Real theater -- Rules and permits -- Performances -- Visitors -- Accepting everything -- Underground -- Smear campaign -- Suspicions -- Crazy ideas -- Plans -- Casting -- Discoveries -- Close call -- Unseen influences -- Fixing things -- Warnings -- Revelations -- Disastrous evening -- Missing -- Opening night -- Backstage -- Reviews -- New thoughts -- Ways out -- Resistance -- Inspection -- Stage design -- Two women -- Connections -- Curtain call -- Color bars (1980) (131 min.); Special features: Commentary [by] Annette Insdorf [optional audio feature]; Commentary [by] Gérard Depardieu and Jean-Pierre Azéma [optional audio feature].
Image [cinematographer], Nestor Almendros ; montage [editor], Martine Barraqué ; musique, Georges Delerue ; décors [production design], Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko ; costumes, Lisele Roos.
Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Poiret, Andréa Ferréol, Paulette Dubost, Jean-Louis Richard, Sabine Haudepin, Maurice Risch, Heinz Bennent.
MPAA Rating: Rated PG.
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital mono.; widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 1.66:1, enhanced for 16:9 televisions; new restored high-definition digital transfer; new and improved English subtitle translation.
In French with optional subtitles in English.
Winner, 1981 César Awards, France: Meilleur son (Best Sound): Michel Laurent; Meilleurs décors (Best Production Design): Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko; Meilleure musique (Best Music Written for a Film): Georges Delerue; Meilleur montage (Best Editing): Martine Barraqué; Meilleur scénario, original ou adaptation (Best Writing-Original or Adaptation): François Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman; Meilleure photographie (Best Cinematography): Néstor Almendros; Meilleur acteur (Best Actor): Gérard Depardieu; Meilleure actrice (Best Actress): Catherine Deneuve; Meilleur réalisateur (Best Director): François Truffaut; Meilleur film (Best Film): François Truffaut.
