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La Jetée

A man's obsession with an image of his past

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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.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
French
  • paris, france
  • nuclear war
  • post-apocalyptic future
  • paris orly airport
  • time travel
  • radioactivity
  • black and white
  • short film

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Chris Marker

Produced in

France

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereNRNew York City, New York27 Oct 1967
    • TheatricalNRRe-release10 Oct 2003
    • PremiereHarvard Film Archive17 Oct 2013
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical159 Feb 1970
  • FinlandFI

    • TVK-1616 Feb 1967
    • TheatricalK-1617 Feb 1984
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical1216 Feb 1962
    • TV18 Sept 2010
  • GermanyDE

    • TVWest Germany31 Mar 1965
  • ItalyIT

    • PremiereTrieste Sci-fi Film Festival13 Jul 1963
    • PremiereIl Cinema Ritrovato27 Jun 2018
  • JapanJP

    • Digital / OTTG1 Oct 2013
  • SwedenSE

    • Theatrical1512 Sept 1965
    • PremiereUppsala International Short Film Festival27 Oct 2001
  • SwitzerlandCH

    • PremiereLocarno Film Festival28 Jul 1963

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La Jetée was released on 16 February 1962.

Audience reviews

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    Cyberknight

    9/29/2019

    9/10

    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.

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    tmdb76622195

    9/30/2023

    8/10

    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's Wife." Translated as "The Pier," the film opens on a Parisian airport pier, where people can watch planes take off and…

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