
La Jetée (1962)
La jetée (original title)Reference View | Change View
- Not Rated
- 28min
- Short, Drama
- 16 Feb 1962 (France)
- Short
- 2 wins.
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Jean Négroni | ... |
Narrator (voice)
(as Jean Negroni)
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Hélène Chatelain | ... |
The Woman
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Davos Hanich | ... |
The Man
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Jacques Ledoux | ... |
The Experimenter
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André Heinrich |
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Jacques Branchu |
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Pierre Joffroy |
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Étienne Becker | ... |
(as Etienne Becker)
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Philbert von Lifchitz |
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Ligia Branice | ... |
A woman from the future
(as Ligia Borowcyk)
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Janine Klein | ... |
A woman from the future
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William Klein | ... |
A man from the future
(as Bill Klein)
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Germano Facetti | ... |
(as Germano Faccetti)
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James Kirk | ... |
Narrator (voice)
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Directed by
Chris Marker |
Written by
Chris Marker | ... | (written by) (uncredited) |
Produced by
Anatole Dauman | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Music by
Trevor Duncan |
Cinematography by
Jean Chiabaut | ... | (uncredited) |
Chris Marker | ... | (uncredited) |
Editing by
Jean Ravel |
Sound Department
Antoine Bonfanti | ... | re-recording mixer (uncredited) / sound editor (uncredited) |
Music Department
St. Alexandre Newsky Cathedral Chorus | ... | chorus |
Pyotr Grigorievich Goncharov | ... | music |
Additional Crew
Anatole Dauman | ... | presenter |
Production Companies
- Argos Films
- Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (RTF) (with the participation of)
Distributors
- Argos Films (1962) (France) (theatrical)
- Contemporary Films (1966) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Janus Films (1967) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Mainostelevisio (MTV) (1967) (Finland) (tv)
- Dianafilmi (1984) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Warner Home Video (2000) (United States) (DVD)
- New Yorker Films (2003) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- BijouFlix Releasing (2003) (United States) (DVD) (subtitled)
- SundanceTV (2003) (United States) (tv) (as Sundance Channel)
- Aurora (2006) (Brazil) (DVD)
- Ripley's Home Video (2007) (Italy) (DVD) (boxed set)
- The Criterion Collection (2007) (United States) (DVD)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (2009) (Finland) (tv)
- Umbrella Entertainment (2015) (Australia) (tv) (subtitled)
- The Criterion Channel (2022) (United States) (tv) (streaming) (subtitled)
- BuyIndies.com Inc. (United States)
- Moore Video
Special Effects
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Storyline
Plot Summary |
Time travel, still images, past, present and future and the aftermath of World War III. The tale of a man, a slave, sent back and forth, in and out of time, to find a solution to the world's fate, to replenish its decreasing stocks of food, medicine and energies, and in doing so, resulting in a perpetual memory of a lone female, life, death and past events that are recreated on an airport jetty. Written by Cinema_Fan |
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Taglines | science fiction See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | This short film was the inspiration for the Terry Gilliam film 12 Monkeys (1995). See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited into The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of Twelve Monkeys (1996). See more » |
Soundtracks | The Girl (Prologue) See more » |
Crazy Credits | The opening credits do not describe it as a film, but as "un photo-roman". See more » |
Quotes |
Narrator:
Nothing distinguishes memories from ordinary moments. Only later do they become memorable by the scars they leave. See more » |