| Record Number |
808229 |
| Title |
The balcony [videorecording]. |
| Publisher/Date |
Australia : Distributed by Umbrella Entertainment, 2018. |
| ©1963. |
| Pagination etc. |
1 DVD-video (84 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 12 cm. |
| Series |
World classics |
| Contents note |
Catalogued from container. |
| Umbrella Entertainment : DAVID3722. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 1963. |
| Adapted from the play Le Balcon by Jean Genet. |
| Creation Note |
Directed by Joseph Strick ; screenplay by Ben Maddow ; produced by Joseph Strick and Ben Maddow. |
| Performer note |
Shelley Winters, Peter Falk, Lee Grant, Leonard Nimoy. |
| Summary Note |
In a brothel of illusion the customers take over real power during a revolution. Madame Irma (Shelley Winters) runs the 'house of illusion' where ordinary people play out their dreams. Outside, a real revolution is in progress. For the Police Chief (Peter Falk), the brothel is the rallying point from which he can suppress the revolution. Roger (Leonard Nimoy), leader of the revolution, seeks refuge in the brothel, where he poses as his opponent, the Chief of Police. |
| Language note |
In English. No subtitles. |
| Subject - Name |
Genet, Jean, -- 1910-1986 -- Film adaptations |
| Subject |
Prostitution -- Drama |
| Power (Philosophy) -- Drama |
| Revolutions -- Drama |
| Added Author |
Strick, Joseph, 1923-2010 film director. |
| Falk, Peter, 1927- actor. |
| Maddow, Ben, 1909- screenwriter. |
| Nimoy, Leonard actor. |
| Winters, Shelley, 1922-2006 actor. |
| Genet, Jean, 1910-1986 Le Balcon. |
| Shelf Location |
DVD F BALC |
