Bonjour Tristesse (Original title)
Dates: 1958 (Copyright), 12 May 1958 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, USADirected by: Otto Preminger
Synopsis: Young girl tries to break up her father's impending second marriage but goes too far and causes the death of her future step-mother.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Fathers, Daughters
Releases
Date: April 1958Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour and Black and White - Technicolor - Sound - MonoRuntime: 94 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: April 1958Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour and Black and White - Technicolor - Sound - MonoRuntime: 93 mins Length: 8392 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 1997Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: VHS Videocassette - Colour and Black and White - Sound - MonoRuntime: 90 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: 2005Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) - Colour and Black and White - Sound - MonoRuntime: 90 mins Dialogue (original): English
Title: Anatomy of a directorAuthor: COMBS, Richard Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Essay defending and critiquing the work of filmmaker Otto Preminger; highlights the different stages of his career and questions ideas of "detachment and objectivity" in Preminger's work.
In: Premiere v17 n5 February 2004 Page: 96
Title: Home guideArticle type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Brighton Film Review n20 May 1970 Page: 8
Title: [Brighton Film Review - n20 May 1970: no known title]Language: English
In: Movie n2 September 1962 Page: 22
Title: Bonjour |TristesseAuthor: CAMERON, Ian Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
Description: In an issue devoted to Otto Preminger and his films.
In: Bianco e Nero v20 n1 January 1959 Page: 65
Title: [Bianco e Nero - v20 n1 January 1959: no known title]Language: Italian
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2641 27 Mar 1958 Page: 16
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2641 27 Mar 1958: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v210 n3 18 Jan 1958 Page: 681
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v210 n3 18 Jan 1958: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v25 n292 May 1958 Page: 55
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v25 n292 May 1958: no known title]Language: English
In: The Film Daily v113 n11 16 Jan 1958 Page: 6
Title: [The Film Daily - v113 n11 16 Jan 1958: no known title]Language: English
In: Sight and Sound v27 n4 Spring 1958 Page: Spring 202
Title: [Sight and Sound - v27 n4 Spring 1958: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 15 Jan 1958
Title: [Variety - 15 Jan 1958: no known title]Language: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v148 n13 15 Jan 1958 Page: 3
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v148 n13 15 Jan 1958: no known title]Language: English
In: Cahiers du Cinéma v14 n82 April 1958 Page: 52
Title: [Cahiers du Cinéma - v14 n82 April 1958: no known title]Language: French
In: The Daily Cinema n7983 26 Mar 1958 Page: 9
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n7983 26 Mar 1958: no known title]Language: English
Author: Pettey, Homer B. Pages: xiii, 250 pages
Description: The book also includes a chapter on adaptations of the novella/opera Carmen, focusing on the death of the main character.
Title: Style and meaning: studies in the detailed analysis of film
Author: GIBBS, John Pages: xiii, 250 p.
Title: Virgin territory: representing sexual inexperience in film
Author: JEFFERS MCDONALD, Tamar Pages: vii, 296 p.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(3)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: AcetateSound: CombinedLength: 8359 FeetStock date: 1958BFI identifier: C-10303
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Film materials(3)
Description: 16mm PositiveBFI identifier: C-10302
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 8397 FeetStock date: 1957BFI identifier: C-10304
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: AcetateSound: CombinedLength: 8359 FeetStock date: 1958BFI identifier: C-10303
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Dates: 1958 (Copyright), 12 May 1958 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, USADirected by: Otto Preminger
Synopsis: Young girl tries to break up her father's impending second marriage but goes too far and causes the death of her future step-mother.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Fathers, Daughters
Releases
Date: April 1958Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour and Black and White - Technicolor - Sound - MonoRuntime: 94 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: April 1958Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour and Black and White - Technicolor - Sound - MonoRuntime: 93 mins Length: 8392 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 1997Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: VHS Videocassette - Colour and Black and White - Sound - MonoRuntime: 90 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: 2005Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) - Colour and Black and White - Sound - MonoRuntime: 90 mins Dialogue (original): English
Credits
(41)
©: Wheel Productions Ltd, a Wheel production: Wheel Productions Ltd, Presented by: Otto Preminger, Distributed by Columbia Pictures Corporation: Columbia Pictures Corporation, Produced by: Otto Preminger, Associate Producer: John Palmer, Production Manager: Erica Masters, Philippe Senné, Assistant to the Producer: Maximilian Slater, Assistant Director: Adrian Pryce-Jones, Assistant Director: Serge Friedman, [3rd Assistant Director]: Joe Marks, Continuity: Eileen Head, Screenplay: Arthur Laurents, Based on the novel by: Françoise Sagan, Photography: Georges Périnal, Camera Operator: Denys Coop, Editor: Helga Cranston, Production Design: Roger Furse, Art Director: Raymond Simm, Paintings by: Kumi Sugai, Costume Co-ordinator: Hope Bryce, Gowns by: Givenchy, Wardrobe: May Walding, Accessories: Hermès, Jewellery: Cartier's, Makeup: George Frost, Hairdressing: Gordon Bond, Janou Pottier, Titles Designed by: Saul Bass, Photographed in: CinemaScope, Colour by: Technicolor, Music: Georges Auric, [Music] Conducted by: Lambert Williamson, Dances: Tutte Lemkow, Sound: David Hildyard, Red Law, Sound Editor: David Hawkins, Sound System: Western Electric Recording, Studio: Shepperton Studios
Cast
(16)
Deborah Kerr (Anne Larsen), David Niven (Raymond), Jean Seberg (Cécile), Mylène Demongeot (Elsa Mackenbourg), Geoffrey Horne (Philippe), Juliette Gréco (nightclub singer), Walter Chiari (Pablo), Martita Hunt (Philippe's mother), Roland Culver (Henri Lombard), Jean Kent (Helene Lombard), David Oxley (Jacques), Elga Andersen (Denise), Jeremy Burnham (Hubert Duclos), Eveline Eyfel (maid), Tutte Lemkow ([Pierre Schube]), Ed Medard ([uncredited])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(14)
In: Sight and Sound v19 n4 April 2009 Pages: 38-41Title: Anatomy of a directorAuthor: COMBS, Richard Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Essay defending and critiquing the work of filmmaker Otto Preminger; highlights the different stages of his career and questions ideas of "detachment and objectivity" in Preminger's work.
In: Premiere v17 n5 February 2004 Page: 96
Title: Home guideArticle type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Brighton Film Review n20 May 1970 Page: 8
Title: [Brighton Film Review - n20 May 1970: no known title]Language: English
In: Movie n2 September 1962 Page: 22
Title: Bonjour |TristesseAuthor: CAMERON, Ian Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
Description: In an issue devoted to Otto Preminger and his films.
In: Bianco e Nero v20 n1 January 1959 Page: 65
Title: [Bianco e Nero - v20 n1 January 1959: no known title]Language: Italian
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2641 27 Mar 1958 Page: 16
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2641 27 Mar 1958: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v210 n3 18 Jan 1958 Page: 681
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v210 n3 18 Jan 1958: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v25 n292 May 1958 Page: 55
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v25 n292 May 1958: no known title]Language: English
In: The Film Daily v113 n11 16 Jan 1958 Page: 6
Title: [The Film Daily - v113 n11 16 Jan 1958: no known title]Language: English
In: Sight and Sound v27 n4 Spring 1958 Page: Spring 202
Title: [Sight and Sound - v27 n4 Spring 1958: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 15 Jan 1958
Title: [Variety - 15 Jan 1958: no known title]Language: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v148 n13 15 Jan 1958 Page: 3
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v148 n13 15 Jan 1958: no known title]Language: English
In: Cahiers du Cinéma v14 n82 April 1958 Page: 52
Title: [Cahiers du Cinéma - v14 n82 April 1958: no known title]Language: French
In: The Daily Cinema n7983 26 Mar 1958 Page: 9
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n7983 26 Mar 1958: no known title]Language: English
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
(3)
Title: French literature on screenAuthor: Pettey, Homer B. Pages: xiii, 250 pages
Description: The book also includes a chapter on adaptations of the novella/opera Carmen, focusing on the death of the main character.
Title: Style and meaning: studies in the detailed analysis of film
Author: GIBBS, John Pages: xiii, 250 p.
Title: Virgin territory: representing sexual inexperience in film
Author: JEFFERS MCDONALD, Tamar Pages: vii, 296 p.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(3)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: AcetateSound: CombinedLength: 8359 FeetStock date: 1958BFI identifier: C-10303
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Film materials(3)
Description: 16mm PositiveBFI identifier: C-10302
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 8397 FeetStock date: 1957BFI identifier: C-10304
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: AcetateSound: CombinedLength: 8359 FeetStock date: 1958BFI identifier: C-10303
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)