La Jetée
A man confronts his past during an experiment that attempts to find a solution to the problems of a post-apocalyptic world caused by a world war.
Cast
Jean Négroni
as Narrator (voice)
Hélène Chatelain
as
Davos Hanich
as
Jacques Ledoux
as
André Heinrich
as
Jacques Branchu
as
Pierre Joffroy
as
Étienne Becker
as
Philbert von Lifchitz
as
Ligia Branice
as
Reviews
Cyberknight
The short film that inspired Terry Gilliam's "Twelve Monkeys" (1995). A man travels through time, to his life before World War III, guided by his persistent memories of the past. The story is thoroughly narrated, almost completely made of still greyscale images....
Charles Tatum
This French short film, made in 1962 at the height of the Cold War, tells the story of an unnamed man who travels through time looking for help for the destroyed city of Paris. It served as the basis for "Twelve Monkeys," and, I theorize, may have kick started the central idea in "The Time Traveler'...
