Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) [NR]

Release Date:
May 25, 1966

Original Title:
Au hasard Balthazar

Alternate Titles:
A Grande Testemunha
Al azar de Baltasar
Balthazar At Random
Zum Beispiel Balthasar
Случайно, Бальтазар
偶尔巴尔塔扎尔
巴尔塔扎尔的遭遇
驢子巴特薩
驴子巴勒达扎
당나귀 발타자르

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
Argos Films
Parc Film
SF Studios
Svenska Filminstitutet

Production Countries:
France | Sweden

Ratings / Certifications:
AT: 8  FI: K-16  FR: U  US: NR 

Runtime: 96

The story of a donkey Balthazar as he is passed from owner to owner, some kind and some cruel but all with motivations beyond his understanding. Balthazar, whose life parallels that of his first keeper, Marie, is truly a beast of burden, suffering the sins of humankind. But despite his powerlessness, he accepts his fate nobly.

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British Film Institute (BFI)

2012
#16
Critics' Top 100 Poll
Greatest Films of All Time
2012
#21
Directors' Top 100 Poll
Greatest Films of All Time

Assistant Camera:
Emmanuel Machuel

Assistant Director:
Claude Miller
Jacques Kébadian

Director:
Robert Bresson

Director of Photography:
Ghislain Cloquet

Editor:
Raymond Lamy

Original Music Composer:
Jean Wiener

Producer:
Mag Bodard

Production Design:
Pierre Charbonnier

Sound Engineer:
Antoine Archimbaud
Jacques Carrère

Writer:
Robert Bresson

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