Rialto Pictures has released a brand new domestic trailer for the recent 2K restoration of dierctor Louis Malle's classic film Elevator to the Gallows (1958), starring Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Yori Bertin, and Jean Wall.
The restoration opens August 3 at New York's Film Forum and August 5 at Landmark's Nuart Theatre in Los Angeles.
Currently, in the United States Elevator to the Gallows is available only on DVD, courtesy of the Criterion Collection.
Synopsis: In his mesmerizing debut feature film, twenty-four-year-old director Louis Malle brought together the beauty of Jeanne Moreau, the camera work of Henri Decae, and a now legendary score by Miles Davis. A touchstone of the careers of both its star and director, Elevator to the Gallows is a richly atmospheric thriller of murder and mistaken identity unfolding over one restless Parisian night.