Le Trou [The Hole]

Jacques Becker (director, screenwriter)
Jose Giovanni (novel)
Henry Thibault (photographer)
Jean Aurel (screenwriter)
Michel Constantin, Jean Keraudy, Philippe Leroy, Raymond Meunier (starring)

Paris: Lorcaster, Circa 1960. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Jacques Becker and Marc Michel on the set of the 1960 film. "Lorcaster" and "636" stamps on verso.

Based on the 1957 novel by Jose Giovanni.

True story of the 1947 Le Sante Prison break, with one of the real escapees, Keraudy, playing his own character in the film.

Jacques Becker's final film, having died two weeks after completing the film. Nominated for the Palm d'Or.

7 x 9 inches. Some light creasing, else Near Fine.

Buss, French Film Noir. Criterion Collection 129. Godard, Histoire(s) du Cinema. Grant France. Hayden and Schneider 1001. Selby France. Spicer France.


[Book #149957]