Code Name: Melville (2008)
1h 16m
Running Time
November 15, 2008Release Date
Code Name: Melville (2008)
1h 16m
Running Time
November 15, 2008Release Date
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Plot.
Mixing interviews, rare archival footage and film extracts, the film shows how Melville's works were impacted by what he experienced in his youth during WWII, and how it structured his whole approach to cinema, not only in its thematic but also in its aesthetics.
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Cast & Crew.
Michel Dreyfus-Schmidt
Self
Leo Fortel
Self
Pierre Grasset
Self
Laurent Grousset
Self
Rémy Grumbach
Self
Masahiro Kobayashi
Self
Olivier Bohler
Director
Georges Groult
Producer
André S. Labarthe
Self
Philippe Labro
Self
Raphaël Millet
Producer
Jean-Jacques Nataf
Self
Jessica Lalanne
Composer
Julien Selleron
Cinematographer
Rui Nogueira
Self
Volker Schlöndorff
Self
Details.
Release DateNovember 15, 2008
Original NameSous le nom de Melville
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 16m
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Wiki.
Code Name Melville (original French title: Sous le nom de Melville) is a feature length documentary film about Jean-Pierre Melville, directed by Olivier Bohler and produced by Raphaël Millet for Nocturnes Productions in 2008. Its world premiere took place in November 2008 at the Golden Horse Film Festival in Taipei. It has been shown on French channel CinéCinéma Classic in March–April 2010, and on Belgian channel La Deux (RTBF) in May 2010. It is the first feature documentary about Jean-Pierre Melville since he died in 1973.