| Series |
Classic collectible cinema
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| System Details |
VHS format. |
| Language |
French dialogue with English subtitles. |
| Performer |
Henri Marchand, Raymond Cordy, Rolla France, Paul Ollivier, André Michand, Germaine Aussey, Jacques Shelly, Léon Lorin, William Burke, Vincent Hyspa. |
| Credits |
Produced by Harold Auten ; directed and written by Renı Clair ; photography, Georges Périnal ; music, Georges Auric. |
| Original |
Originally released as a French motion picture in 1931. |
| Note |
"A classic comedy of an escaped convict who by his regimentation experience in prison builds an industrial empire" |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
Highly stylized comedy satirizing the mechanization of modern life. Considered to be the possible inspiration to Chaplin's "Modern times." |
| Subject |
Feature films -- France.
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Motion pictures -- France.
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Comedy films.
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Foreign films -- France.
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| Collection |
Video
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| Alt Author |
Clair, René, 1898-1981.
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Auten, Harold.
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Marchand, Henri, 1898-1959.
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Cordy, Raymond, 1898-1956.
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France, Rolla.
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Ollivier, Paul, 1877-1948.
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Aussey, Germaine.
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Shelly, Jacques.
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Périnal, Georges, 1897-1965.
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Auric, Georges, 1899-1983.
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Grapevine Video.
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| Description |
1 videocassette (87 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. |
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