The 400 blows [videorecording] / Four hundred blows French title: Quatre cents coups director, François Truffaut ; screenplay, Marcel Moussay and François Truffaut ; producer, François Truffaut and Georges Charlot. - Widescreen ed. - [United States] : Criterion Collection, 2008. - 1 videodisc (ca. 99 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. - The Criterion collection . - Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) .

Originally released as a motion picture in 1959. Title from container.

Cinematorgraphy, Henri Decae ; editors, Marie Josèphe Yoyotte, Cécile Decugis and de Possel. Cinematorgraphy, Henri Decae ; editors, Marie Josèphe Yoyotte, Cécile Decugis and de Possel.

Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Remy, Guy Decombie, Georges Flamant, Patrick Auffay.

The semi-autobiographical story of fourteen-year-old Antoine Doinel, portraying his aloof parents, oppressive teachers, petty crime, and a friendship that would last a lifetime.


French dialogue, English subtitles.


Juvenile detention homes--France--Drama.
Teenage boys--Conduct of life--France--Drama.
Teenage boys--Family relationships--Drama.

791.4372 / FOU 2008