An adaptation of Herman Melville’s story about Bartleby, the scrivener, who answers an advertisement for work with a lawyer and after a brief spurt of intense work, gradually breaks down, refuses to move, and eventually dies because he has lost the will to live.
Credits: Director, Maurice Ronet ; writers, Yvan Bostel, Maurice Ronet, Jacques Quoirez ; photography, Claude Robin ; music, Gerard Anfosso.
Cast: Michel Lonsdale, Maxence Mailfort, Maurice Biraud, Dominique Zardi, Jacques Fontanelle.
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ACMI Identifier
X000495
Languages
English
French
Subject category
Foreign language films
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)