La Jetée (Original title)The Pier (Alternative title)
Date: 1962 (Release)Country: FranceA photo-roman by: Chris Marker
Synopsis: In the aftermath of World War III, Paris lies in ruins with the survivors of the War living beneath the Palais de Chaillot, in a network of underground galleries. A scientist researching time travel, hopes to send test subjects to different time periods and identifies a prisoner who has a vivid pre-war childhood memory, as a suitable subject for the experiment. After travelling through time, the prisoner comes to understand the significance of the incident that he witnessed as a child.
Genre: Science Fiction
Subjects: Future, Apocalypse, Time travel, Experiments, Memory, Prisoners
Releases
Date: 16 February 1962Country: FranceRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 16mm Film - Black and White - SoundAspect ratio: 1.66:1Runtime: 28 mins Length: 2610 FeetDialogue (original): French
Date: 1962 (Release)Country: FranceA photo-roman by: Chris Marker
Synopsis: In the aftermath of World War III, Paris lies in ruins with the survivors of the War living beneath the Palais de Chaillot, in a network of underground galleries. A scientist researching time travel, hopes to send test subjects to different time periods and identifies a prisoner who has a vivid pre-war childhood memory, as a suitable subject for the experiment. After travelling through time, the prisoner comes to understand the significance of the incident that he witnessed as a child.
Genre: Science Fiction
Subjects: Future, Apocalypse, Time travel, Experiments, Memory, Prisoners
Releases
Date: 16 February 1962Country: FranceRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 16mm Film - Black and White - SoundAspect ratio: 1.66:1Runtime: 28 mins Length: 2610 FeetDialogue (original): French
Credits
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Presents: Argos-Films, With the participation of: Service de la Recherche de la R.T.F., Producer: Anatole Dauman, Screenplay: Chris Marker, Photography: Chris Marker, Microphotography by [Micromatières by]: Jean-Pierre Sudre, Still Images Assembly: Germano Facetti, Additional Stills Photography: Jean Chiabaud, Special Effects: D.S.A., Special Effects Operator: Cs Olaf, Special Effects Technician: Ledoux, Editor: Jean Ravel, Drawings: Duffort, Laboratory: LTC, Music by: Trevor Duncan, {Music Performed by}: Choeurs de la Cathédrale St-Alexandre Newsky, {Music Publisher}: Boosey & Hawkes, Disque Philips, Sound: SIMO, Sound: Antoine Bonfanti
Cast
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Jean Négroni (), Hélène Chatelain (the woman), Davos Hanich (the man), Jacques Ledoux (the experimenter), André Heinrich, Jacques Branchu, Pierre Joffroy, Étienne Becker, Philbert von Lifchitz, Ligia Borowczyk, Janine Klein (woman from the future), Bill Klein (man from the future), Germano Faccetti