Peau d'ane
Janus Films; Ciné-Tamaris Films; Mag Bodard présente; coproduction, Parc Film, Marianne Productions; un film écrit et réalisé par Jacques Demy
- Resource Type:
- DVD Video
- Creation:
- 1970
- Distribution:
- [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2014]
- Copyright:
- ©2014
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- Summary:
- With the help of her fairy godmother, a princess flees marriage to her father by wearing his prize donkey skin as a disguise. When a neighboring Prince comes to town, a romance is born.
- Contributors:
- Demy, Jacques , screenwriter, film directorBodard, Mag, 1916-2019 , film producerDeneuve, Catherine, 1943- , actorMarais, Jean, 1913-1998 , actorPerrin, Jacques, 1941- , actorPresle, Micheline , actorSeyrig, Delphine, 1932-1990 , actorLedoux, Fernand, 1897-1993 , actorCrémieux, Henri, 1896-1980 , actorPitoëff, Sacha, 1920-1990 , actorRepp, Pierre, 1909-1986 , actorServais, Jean, 1910-1976 , actorLegrand, Michel, 1932-2019 , composerCloquet, Ghislain , director of photographyDugied, Jacques, 1926-2005 , art directorMagrini, Gitt , costume designerCotret, Anne-Marie , film editorTaboulay, Camille , intervieweeDurrmeyer, Lucille , intervieweePolack, Jean-Claude , intervieweePicciola, L. (Liliane) , intervieweeJanus Films , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prnCiné Tamaris (Firm) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prnParc Film (Firm) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prnMarianne Films , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prnCriterion Collection (Firm) , film distributor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fds
- Language Notes:
- In French with optional English subtitles.
- Related Works:
- Motion picture adaptation of: Peau d'âne [by Perrault, C.]
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- Alternate Titles:
- English title on container: Donkey skin
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- System Details:
- DVD: NTSC, region 1, Dolby digital 5.1 surround, 1.66:1 aspect ratio.
- Performers:
- Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Marais, Jacques Perrin, Micheline Presle, Delphine Seyrig, Fernand Ledoux, Henri Cremieux, Sacha Pitoeff, Pierre Repp, Jean Servais.
- Production Credits:
- Music written and directed by Michel Legrand ; cinematography, Ghislain Cloquet ; art direction, Jacques Dugied ; costumes, Gitt Magrini ; editor, Anne Marie Cotret.
- General Notes:
- Released as part of the Essential Jacques Demy collection.
Based on the fairytale by Charles Perrault.
Originally released as motion picture in 1970.
Special features: Pour le cinéma (on set interviews with the director and actors in a segment from a 1970 episode of the French television program Pour le cinéma); "Donkey skin" illustrated (short program from 2008 presents images from several illustrated editions of Charles Perrault's fairy tale "Peau d'âne"); "Donkey skin" and the thinkers (2008 discussion between film critic Camille Taboulay, psychoanalysts Lucille Durrmeyer and Jean-Claude Polack, and seventeenth-century literature specialist Liliane Picciola on the film's themes of incest, love, and childhood fantasy); Jacques Demy at the American Film Institute (audio recording from 1971, director answers questions about his filmmaking and storytelling methods from students at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles). - Physical Description:
- 1 videodiscs (90 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Physical Characteristics:
- 4 3/4 in.
- Audio Characteristics:
- digital; optical; surround; Dolby Digital 5.1
- Video Characteristics:
- laser optical; NTSC
- Digital Characteristics:
- video file; DVD video; region 1
- Call Numbers:
- PEA 1970 DVD
- ISBNs:
- 9781604658644
1604658649
9781604658590 (set)
1604658592 (set) - Other Standard Numbers:
- Universal Product Code: 715515119016 (set)
Publisher Number, Criterion Collection: CC2376BDDVD (set)
Publisher Number, Criterion Collection: CC2376BDDVD-10 (Donkey skin DVD) - OCLC Numbers:
- 977052907
