Ascenseur pour l'échafaud

"Frantic for life and love, frantic for excitement."

Feb 1 1958 Not Rated 1h 31m
Crime, Drama, Thriller

A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.

Plot

Florence Carala and her lover, Julien Tavernier, want to murder her husband - Julien's boss - by faking his suicide. But after Julien's killed him, and had left, he remembers he's forgotten the rope outside the window which could implicate him, and he returns to the building to remove it

Written by

Roger Nimier, Louis Malle, Noël Calef

Directed by

Louis Malle

Production Countries

France

Production Companies

Nouvelles Éditions de Films (NEF)

Languages

Français, Deutsch

Awards

1 win

Scores
# of Votes
29,977
Average Rating
7.9 out of 10
Metascore
94
Popularity
NA