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The movie revolves around the plan of a wife (Creator/JeanneMoreau) and her lover to kill her husband. It is at first executed to a tee considering the murder itself. However in the aftermath the plan is thwarted when the lover gets stuck in the titular lift. Later his car is hijacked by a younger couple who, while on the ride, also kill a couple of German tourists, the Benckers. The case becomes convoluted. Then police commissioner Cherier, played by Creator/LinoVentura, enters the film.
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The movie revolves around the plan of a wife (Creator/JeanneMoreau) and her lover to kill her husband. It is at first executed to a tee considering the murder itself. However in the aftermath the plan is thwarted when the lover gets stuck in the titular lift.lift while trying to remove evidence from the scene. Later his car is hijacked by a younger couple who, while on the ride, also kill a couple of German tourists, the Benckers. The case becomes convoluted. Then police commissioner Cherier, played by Creator/LinoVentura, enters the film.
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The movie revolves around the plan of a wife (Creator/JeanneMoreau) and her lover to kill her husband. It is at first executed to a tee considering the murder itself. However in the aftermath the plan is thwarted when the lover gets stuck in the titular lift. Later his car is hijacked by the younger couple who while on the ride also kill a couple of the German tourists, the Benckers. The case becomes convoluted. Then a police commissary Cherier played by Creator/LinoVentura enters the film.
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The movie revolves around the plan of a wife (Creator/JeanneMoreau) and her lover to kill her husband. It is at first executed to a tee considering the murder itself. However in the aftermath the plan is thwarted when the lover gets stuck in the titular lift. Later his car is hijacked by the a younger couple who who, while on the ride ride, also kill a couple of the German tourists, the Benckers. The case becomes convoluted. Then a police commissary Cherier commissioner Cherier, played by Creator/LinoVentura Creator/LinoVentura, enters the film.
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* BrandishmentBluff: Played straight by Horst Bencker, and it gets him shot and killed.
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* CassandraTruth: When Julien is arrested for the Benckers' murder and told that the police found his car, his raincoat, and his gun, and that several witnesses place him
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Florence Carala which is lampshaded by Police Commissaire Cherrier.
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Florence Carala which is lampshaded by Police Commissaire Cherrier.Carala, through a combination of sleep deprivation after spending an entire night fruitlessly searching for Julien and shock at his being caught, begins mumbling ''non sequitur'' answers to Commissioner Cherier's questioning.
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** At first one might think that Chevrolet convertible owned by Julien is the one. That's why Louis hijacks it.
** But then Louis and Véronique meet a Mercedes-Benz 300 SL gullwing on the road.
** But then Louis and Véronique meet a Mercedes-Benz 300 SL gullwing on the road.
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** At first one might think that Chevrolet convertible owned by Julien is the one. That's why Louis hijacks it.
** But thenLouis and Véronique meet a Mercedes-Benz 300 SL gullwing on are awed by Julien's Chevrolet convertible, especially the road.way the roof retracts at the push of a button. When Julien leaves his car unattended with the engine running, Louis decides to go for a joyride and drags Véronique along.
** Disappointed that the Chevrolet only has a top speed of 145 kph and can be outpaced by the Benckers' sleek, gullwing-doored Mercedes 305, Louis shifts his awe to the German car instead.
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** Disappointed that the Chevrolet only has a top speed of 145 kph and can be outpaced by the Benckers' sleek, gullwing-doored Mercedes 305, Louis shifts his awe to the German car instead.
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* {{Determinator}}: Florence Carala regularly invokes that she is the one, always repeating that she will save Julien, her lover by whatever means. Her determination is of a somnambulic kind but one cannot say that this trope is averted for her. She will indeed go to great lengths to help Julien.
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* {{Determinator}}: Florence Carala regularly invokes that she is the one, always repeating repeats that she will save Julien, her lover lover, by whatever means. Her determination is of a somnambulic kind kind, but one cannot say that this trope is averted for her. She she will indeed go to great lengths to help Julien.
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* MsExposition: Véronique tells her boyfriend about Julien's achievements through which we learns what a badass he is.
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* MsExposition: Véronique tells her boyfriend about Julien's achievements as a soldier in Indochina, Algeria, and the French Foreign Legion, through which we learns learn what a badass he is.
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* RuleOfCool: Malle is guided by this rule quite frequently. No wonder as this is a 1958 and the film is one of the very first entries in the genre of UsefulNotes/FrenchNewWave.
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* RuleOfCool: Malle is guided by this rule quite frequently. No wonder as this is a 1958 and the film is one of the very first entries in the genre of UsefulNotes/FrenchNewWave.
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* SpannerInTheWorks Julien would probably have gotten away with his murder if it wasn't for Véronique and her boyfriend who steal his car, commit murder and get the compromising photos developed.
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* SpannerInTheWorks SpannerInTheWorks: Julien would probably have gotten away with his murder if it wasn't for Véronique and her boyfriend who steal his car, commit murder and get the compromising photos developed.
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* ADeadlyAffair: Florence is married to Simon and having an affair with Julien. She conspires with Julien to kill off Simon.
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* BrandishmentBluff: Played straight by Horst Bencker [[spoiler: with fatal results.]]
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* BrandishmentBluff: Played straight by Horst Bencker [[spoiler: with fatal results.]]Bencker, and it gets him shot and killed.
* InnerMonologue: There's a lot of this from Florence as she walks around in the rain, wondering why Julien hasn't shown up after supposedly killing her husband.
* NeverSuicide: Julien stages the murder to make it look like Simon killed himself.
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* PoliceAreUseless:
** Subverted by the Police Commissaire Cherrier who is clinically efficient. No wonder as he is played by Lino Ventura.
** His aide might play it straight at one point but Cherrier immediately explains him where he is wrong.
** Subverted by the Police Commissaire Cherrier who is clinically efficient. No wonder as he is played by Lino Ventura.
** His aide might play it straight at one point but Cherrier immediately explains him where he is wrong.
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* PoliceAreUseless:
** Subverted by the Police Commissaire Cherrier who is clinically efficient. No wonder as he is played by Lino Ventura.
** His aide might play it straight at one point but Cherrier immediately explains him where he is wrong.PrettyLittleHeadshots: Simon has a dime-sized hole in his temple and that's it. There isn't even any blood.
** Subverted by the Police Commissaire Cherrier who is clinically efficient. No wonder as he is played by Lino Ventura.
** His aide might play it straight at one point but Cherrier immediately explains him where he is wrong.
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* SmithicalMarriage: Louis and his girlfriend sign the register as Mr. and Mrs. Julien Tavernier, which proves relevant late when the police focus on Julien for the murder of the Germans.
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* CloseupOnHead: The opening scene starts with a close up on Florence's head and then zooming out to show her talking on the telephone.
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* MsExposition: Véronique tells her boyfriend about Julien's achievements through which we learns what a badass he is.
* ObliviousGuiltSlinging: Julien's boss is praising him as a friend and hero while the latter is one step away from murdering him.
* ObliviousGuiltSlinging: Julien's boss is praising him as a friend and hero while the latter is one step away from murdering him.
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* SpannerInTheWorks Julien would probably have gotten away with his murder if it wasn't for Véronique and her boyfriend who steal his car, commit murder and get the compromising photos developed.
* SpyCam: Julien's mini camera.
* YouWouldntShootMe: Julien's boss tries this at gunpoint. It doesn't intimidate Julien in the least.
* SpyCam: Julien's mini camera.
* YouWouldntShootMe: Julien's boss tries this at gunpoint. It doesn't intimidate Julien in the least.
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''Ascenseur pour l'échafaud'' is a 1958 crime thriller by Creator/LouisMalle. It is also known as ''Lift to the Scaffold'' (UK) and ''Elevator to the Gallows'' (US).
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''Elevator to the Gallows'' (French: ''Ascenseur pour l'échafaud'' is a 1958 crime thriller by Creator/LouisMalle. It is l'échafaud''), also known as ''Lift to the Scaffold'' (UK) and ''Elevator to in the Gallows'' (US).
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The famous soundtrack for this film was made by Music/MilesDavis.
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The famous soundtrack for this film was made contributed by Music/MilesDavis.
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''Ascenseur pour l'échafaud'' is a 1958 crime thriller by Creator/LouisMalle. It is also known as ''Lift to the Scaffold'' (UK) and ''Elevator to the Gallows'' (US).
The movie revolves around the plan of a wife (Creator/JeanneMoreau) and her lover to kill her husband. It is at first executed to a tee considering the murder itself. However in the aftermath the plan is thwarted when the lover gets stuck in the titular lift. Later his car is hijacked by the younger couple who while on the ride also kill a couple of the German tourists, the Benckers. The case becomes convoluted. Then a police commissary Cherier played by Creator/LinoVentura enters the film.
The famous soundtrack for this film was made by Music/MilesDavis.
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* BrandishmentBluff: Played straight by Horst Bencker [[spoiler: with fatal results.]]
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Florence Carala which is lampshaded by Police Commissaire Cherrier.
* CoolCar:
** At first one might think that Chevrolet convertible owned by Julien is the one. That's why Louis hijacks it.
** But then Louis and Véronique meet a Mercedes-Benz 300 SL gullwing on the road.
* {{Determinator}}: Florence Carala regularly invokes that she is the one, always repeating that she will save Julien, her lover by whatever means. Her determination is of a somnambulic kind but one cannot say that this trope is averted for her. She will indeed go to great lengths to help Julien.
* ElevatorFailure: For most of the film, Julien is trapped inside an elevator due to the electricity shutting off for the weekend.
* PoliceAreUseless:
** Subverted by the Police Commissaire Cherrier who is clinically efficient. No wonder as he is played by Lino Ventura.
** His aide might play it straight at one point but Cherrier immediately explains him where he is wrong.
* RuleOfCool: Malle is guided by this rule quite frequently. No wonder as this is a 1958 and the film is one of the very first entries in the genre of UsefulNotes/FrenchNewWave.
* ShaggyDogStory: The reason Julien goes back and gets himself stuck in the lift is because he wanted to retrieve the rope dangling from Carala's window that he'd forgotten about. A later scene shows that it eventually fell by itself and got picked up by a child.
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