Empire State Building Murders

Category History

Duration 62 min and 72 min

Year 2008

Synopsis

Based on an original script by Jerome Charyn, the famous American crime novelist, this is a plunge into the heart of 1930s-50s America, intermingling fictitious characters, real historic events and documents of the time. With the special participation of Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Gena Rowlands, Cyd Charisse, Ben Gazzara, Mickey Rooney...

Director

William Karel

Executive producer

Dominique Tibi

Broadcaster

Canal+

Distributor

sales@rocheproductions.com

Versions available

English
French

William Karel has done a titanic job. For three years, he dissected the Hollywood classics to extract numerous excerpts from them, from which he created an original screenplay.

Télé 2 semaines

A totally brilliant film... thrilling from start to finish... “Murders at the Empire State Building” reaches new heights of originality and audacity...

Les Inrockuptibles

A little gem of film noir tinged with humour... A stunning montage...

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