| Description |
2 videodiscs (106 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Criterion collection |
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Criterion collection
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen presentation (1.33:1); mono. |
| Language |
In French with optional English subtitles. |
| Note |
Information from pre-release promotional materials. |
| Cast |
Marcel Dalio, Nora Grégor, Roland Toutain. |
| Credits |
Photography, Jean Bachelet ; editor, Marguerite Renoir ; music, Roger Désormière. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1939. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
Cloaked in a comedy of manners, this scathing critique of corrupt French society is about a weekend hunting party at which amorous escapades abound among the aristocratic guests, which are also mirrored by the activities of the servants downstairs. |
| Note |
Special features: new high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound; introduction to the film by Jean Renoir; audio commentary written by film scholar Alexander Sesonske and read by Peter Bogdonovich; selected scene audio commentary by Renoir historian Christopher Faulkner; "Jean Renoir le patron: La règle et l'exception" (1966); new video essay about the film's production, release, and leter reconstruction; written tributes to the film and Renoir; new and improved English subtitle translation. |
| Subject |
France -- Social life and customs -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS (FRENCH), VIDEODISCS.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Motion pictures France.
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| Added Author |
Renoir, Claude, 1914-1993.
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Renoir, Jean, 1894-1979.
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François, Camille.
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Koch, Carl, 1892-1963.
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Dalio, Marcel, 1900-1983.
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Grégor, Nora.
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Toutain, Roland, 1905-1977.
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Bachelet, Jean, 1894-1977.
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Renoir, Marguerite.
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Désormière, Roger, 1898-1963.
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Nouvelle édition française.
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Home Vision Entertainment (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Rules of the game |
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Règle du jeu |
| ISBN |
0780026926 |
| Standard No. |
037429180624 |
| Music No. |
RUL020 Home Vision Entertainment |
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