Jean-Luc Godard’s subversive foray into commercial filmmaking is a star-studded Cinemascope epic. Contempt (Le Mépris) stars Michel Piccoli as a screenwriter torn between the demands of a proud European director (played by legendary director Fritz Lang), a crude and arrogant American producer (Jack Palance), and his disillusioned wife, Camille (Brigitte Bardot), as he attempts to doctor the script for a new film version of The Odyssey. The Criterion Collection is proud to present this brilliant study of marital breakdown, artistic compromise, and the cinematic process in a new special edition.
| Camille Javal | Brigitte Bardot |
| Paul Javal | Michel Piccoli |
| Jeremiah Prokosch | Jack Palance |
| Francesca Vanini | Georgia Moll |
| Himself | Fritz Lang |
| Director | Jean-Luc Godard |
| Screenplay | Jean-Luc Godard and Alberto Moravia |
| From a novel by | Alberto Moravia |
| Cinematography | Raoul Coutard |
| Producer | Georges de Beauregard, Carlo Ponti and Joseph E. Levine |
| Music | Georges Delerue |
| Sound | William Sivel |
| Editing | Agnès Guillemot |
| Unit managers | Philippe Dussart and Carlo Lastricati |
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