The Last Metro
by François Truffaut2h111980France
Recommended byAgnès Varda, Olivier et Éric Nakache & Toledano
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A story of love and adventure, set in 1942 in Paris, in the theater world during the German Occupation just as the French zone is about to be invaded. Lucas Steiner, a German Jew who took refuge in Paris at the start of Nazism, has had to go into exile once more, leaving his wife Marion to run the prestigious Théâtre Montmartre. Marion struggles to keep the theater afloat.
Credits
- Production Compagny : SEDIF, SFP Cinéma, Les Films du Carrosse
- Distributor : MK2
- Dialogs : François Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman, Jean-Claude Grumberg
- Director : François Truffaut
- Scenario : François Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman
- Original Music : Georges Delerue
- Photo Director : Nestor Almendros
- Set Decoration : Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko
- Sound Recorder : Michel Laurent
- Editing : Martine Barraqué
- Costume Design : Lisele Roos
- Producer : Jean-José Richer
Technical details
- Printed format : 35 mm
- Sound mix : Stéréo 2.0
- Year of production : 1980
- French release date : 17 septembre 1980
- Category : Feature film
- Color : Colors
- Language : French
Bonus archives
- See special featureBlow up - ARTE : C'est quoi Gérard Depardieu ?
- See special featureBlow up - ARTE : François Truffaut en 4 minutes
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