Girl on a Motorcycle (1968) ( La Motocyclette )

Girl on a Motorcycle (1968) (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: La Motocyclette
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
84 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1968 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Jack Cardiff

Written By:
Jack Cardiff
Ronald Duncan

Actors:
Alain Delon ..... Daniel
Marianne Faithfull ..... Rebecca
Roger Mutton ..... Raymond
Marius Goring ..... Rebecca's Father
Catherine Jourdan ..... Catherine
Jean Leduc ..... Jean
Jacques Marin ..... Pump Attendant
André Maranne ..... French Superintendent
Bari Jonson ..... French Customs Officer
Arnold Diamond ..... French Customs Officer
John G. Heller ..... German Customs Officer
Marika Rivera ..... German Waitress
Richard Blake ..... 1st Student
Christopher Williams ..... 2nd Student
Colin West ..... 3rd Student

Synopsis:

Marianne Faithfull and Alain Delon star in this 1968 Anglo-French psychedelic masterpiece, filmed and directed by Oscar-winner Jack Cardiff. Stifled by her meaningless bourgeois marriage and lifestyle, beautiful young housewife Rebecca (Marianne Faithfull) slips into her black cycle leathers, straddles her Harley Davidson Electra Glide and sets out across Europe in search of her forbidden, uncaring lover Daniel (Alain Delon). Revelling in her freedom, Rebecca finds herself riding across landscapes of memory, abandoned in a past filled with delicious guilt and a dangerous delight in self destruction. Awash in psychedelic erotic imagery, she discovers herself even as she is lost, enraptured and drawn into an all-consuming union with the powerful machine between her legs... A real treat for all lovers of 1960s cult cinema and fans of the masterful cinematography and direction of the legendary Jack Cardiff, The Girl On A Motorcycle has been digitally remastered and restored for this, its first-ever UK DVD release.

Director Jack Cardiff also served as scripter and cinematographer of the Anglo-French co-production Girl on a Motorcycle (La Motocyclette) The girl in question is played by leather-clad Marianne Faithfull, who speeds through Alsace on her cycle, en route to a tryst in Heidelberg with her ex-lover (Alain Delon). In a series of flashbacks, she recalls the events leading up to the present critical moment, including her desultory marriage. Based on a novel by Andre de Pieyre, the R-rated Girl on a Motorcycle was originally released in English-speaking countries in an X-rated version titled Naked Under Leather. Based on the stage play by Walter Melville.

Newly-married Rebecca leaves her husband's Alsatian bed on her prized motorbike - symbol of freedom and escape - to visit her lover in Heidelberg. En route she indulges in psychedelic reveries as she relives her changing relationship with the two men.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 08 September, 2020.