The Green Room Movie Review 1978

Truffaut's haunting tale of a man who, valuing death over life, erects a shrine to all the dead he has known. Offered a chance at love, he cannot overcome his obsessions to take the risk. Based on the Henry James story "Altar of the Dead." In French with subtitles.

Distribution

MGM Home Entertainment, 2500 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90404-6061, Phone: (310)449-3000, Fax: (310)449-3100, URL: http://www.mgmhomevideo.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 95 minutes.
Originally from French.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Death & the Afterlife, Books to Film: Henry James

Screenplay

Jean Gruault

Cast

Antoine Vitez, Jane Lobre, Marcel Berbert, Francois Truffaut, Nathalie Baye, Jean Daste

Cinematography

Nestor Almendros

Director

Francois Truffaut

Music

Maurice Jaubert

Producer

Les Films Du Carrosse