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Au hasard Balthazar [videorecording] = Balthazar / Argos Films ... [et al.] présentent ; de Robert Bresson ; producteur délégué, Mag Bodard.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: HAS010 | Criterion CollectionLanguage: French Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 297.Publication details: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c2005.Edition: Widescreen format (1.66:1)Description: 1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (unp. : ill. ; 18 cm.)ISBN:
  • 0780030079
  • 9780780030077
Other title:
  • Balthazar
  • Title on container: Robert Bresson's Au hasard Balthazar
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.F67 H37 2005
Other classification:
  • IH 22020
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Ghislain Cloquet ; chief editor, Raymond Lamy ; jazz and songs by Jean Wiener.
Cast: Anne Wiazemsky, François Lafarge, Philippe Asselin, Nathalie Joyaut, Jean-Joël Barbier, Jean Rémingnard, Walter Green, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Pierre Klossowsky, Marie-Claire Frémont, Guy Renault, Guy Brejac.Summary: "Follows the donkey Balthazar as he is passed from owner to owner, some kind and some cruel but all with motivations beyond his understanding. Balthazar, whose life parallels that of his first keeper, Marie, is truly a beast of burden, suffering the sins of man. But despite his powerlessness, he accepts his fate nobly." -- Container.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Media/Non-print collection Media/Non-print collection Albright College Library CCM--Ask at Reference Desk DVD DVD 791.4372 A888 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 31856002312575
Total holds: 0

Originally released as a motion picture in 1966.

Special features: Donald Richie on Balthazar (video interview with film scholar Donald Richie, 2004, 14 min.); "Un metteur en ordre : Robert Bresson" (French television documentary about the film, 1966, 62 min.); original theatrical trailer.

Program notes on container insert include an essay by Bresson scholar James Quandt.

"Enhanced for 16:9 televisions" -- Disc label.

Director of photography, Ghislain Cloquet ; chief editor, Raymond Lamy ; jazz and songs by Jean Wiener.

Anne Wiazemsky, François Lafarge, Philippe Asselin, Nathalie Joyaut, Jean-Joël Barbier, Jean Rémingnard, Walter Green, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Pierre Klossowsky, Marie-Claire Frémont, Guy Renault, Guy Brejac.

"Follows the donkey Balthazar as he is passed from owner to owner, some kind and some cruel but all with motivations beyond his understanding. Balthazar, whose life parallels that of his first keeper, Marie, is truly a beast of burden, suffering the sins of man. But despite his powerlessness, he accepts his fate nobly." -- Container.

DVD, region 1; Dolby digital mono.

In French, with optional English subtitles.

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