| Description |
2 videodiscs (96 min.) : DVD video, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
DVD video 4 3/4 in. rda |
| Description |
digital optical mono Dolby digital 2.0 rda |
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fullscreen |
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NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
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Motion picture lcsh |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 818.
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| System Details |
DVD; region 1, NTSC; fullscreen (1.19:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono. |
| Language |
In French, with optional subtitles in English. |
| Cast |
Michel Simon, Janie Marèse, Georges Flamant, and Magdelaine Berubet. |
| Credits |
Cinematography, Theodore Sparkuhl ; art director, Marcel Courmes ; editor, Marguerite Renoir. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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Special features include: New, restored 4k digital transfer, Introduction to the film from 1961 by director Jean Renoir, New interview with Renoir scholar Christopher Faulkner, New restoration of On purge bébé (1931), Renoir's first sound film, also starring Michel Simon, Jean Renoir le patron: "Michel Simon", a ninety-five-minute 1967 French television program featuring a conversation between Renoir and Simon, directed by Jacques Rivette, New English subtitle translation, Plus: an essay by film scholar Ginette Vincendeau. |
| Summary |
Cashier Maurice Legrand is married to Adele, a terror. By chance, he meets Lucienne, known as Lulu on the street, and makes her his mistress. He thinks he finally met love, but Lulu is nothing but a streetwalker, in love with Dédé, her pimp. She only accepts Legrand to satisfy Dédé's needs of money. |
| Contents |
disc one. [Feature film] ; Jean Renoir introduction -- disc two. [Special features]. |
| Subject |
Prostitutes -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Prostitutes' customers -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Pimps -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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La Fouchardiere, Georges de, 1874-1946 -- Film adaptations.
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La Fouchardiere, Georges de, 1874-1946 -- Videodiscs. |
| Genre |
Film adaptations.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films France.
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Foreign language films French.
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Foreign films, French.
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Drama.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Film adaptations.
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DVD-video discs.
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| Added Author |
Renoir, Jean, 1894-1979, film director, screenwriter.
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Mouëzy-Éon, André, 1880-1967, screenwriter.
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Sparkuhl, Theodor, 1894-1946, director of photography.
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Courmes, Marcel, art director.
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Simon, Michel, 1895-1975, actor.
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Marèze, Janie, 1908-1931, actor.
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Flamant, Georges, 1903-1990, actor.
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Berubet, Magdelaine, actor.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work) :.
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La Fouchardiere, Georges de, 1874-1946.
Chienne.
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Les Etablissements Braunberger-Richebé, production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| Added Title |
Chienne |
| ISBN |
9781681431659 |
| Standard No. |
715515179010 |
| Music No. |
CC2634D The Criterion Collection |
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