Elevator To The Gallows / Ascenseur pour l’échafaud - [...]

Directed by : Louis Malle Produced by : NEF - Nouvelles Éditions de Films Genre: Fiction - Runtime: 1 h 30 min French release: 29/01/1958 Production year: 1957 A self-assured businessman murders his employer, with help from the employer’s wife, who is his mistress, thereby unintentionally provoking an ill-fated chain of events.       Times (UK): “Elevator to the Gallows was the perfect opening to the French New Wave in 1958.“ The Guardian: “What a supremely stylish and watchable picture it is.