Le deuxième souffle [videorecording] / directed [and] adapted by Jean-Pierre Melville ; Productions Charles Lumbroso.
Edition: Widescreen.
Publisher: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c2008.
ISBN: 9781604650778
160465077X
Description: 1 videodisc (144 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Series: Criterion collection ; 448
Subject: Criminals France Drama.
Robbery France Drama.
Criminal investigation France Drama.
Feature films.
Detective and mystery films.
Gangster films.
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Credits: Photography,Marcel Combes ; music, Bernard Gérard ; editors, Michèle Boëhm, Monique Bonnot.
Performers: Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Raymond Pellegrin.
Notes: French dialogue with optional English subtitles.
Title from container.
From a screenplay and novel by José Giovanni.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1966.
Special features: New, restored high-definition digital transfer; audio commentary featuring film scholar Ginette Vincendeau; new video interview with director Bertrand Tavernier (publicity agent on the film); archival footage featuring interviews with Melville and actor Lino Ventura; original theatrical trailer; new and improved English subtitle translation; a new essay by film critic Adrian Danks.
Summary: A French criminal, recently escaped from prison and trying to pull off a robbery, finds himself being chased by an inspector.