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Plaisir

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Released: 2008-09-16

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Plaisir DVD Cast & Features Cast:
Amedee, Paul Azäis, Antoine Balpêtré, Pierre Brasseur, Gaby Bruyère, Mathilde Casadesus, Henri Cremieux, Jo Dest, Arthur Devére, Paulette Dubost, Emile Genevois, Helena Manson, Jean Mayer, Mila Parély, Marcel Pérès, Louis Seigner, Michel Vadet, Charles Vissieres, Georges Vitray, Janine Vienot, Anton Walbrook, Peter Ustinov, Robert Lombard, René Blanchard, Claude Dauphin, Jean Galland, Madeleine Renaud, Gaby Morlay, Daniel Gélin, Danielle Darrieux, Simone Simon, Jean Gabin, Ginette Leclerc, Jean Servais

Director(s): Max Ophüls

Features:
New, restored high-definition digital transfer
Introduction by filmmaker Todd Haynes (Far From Heaven)
English and German language versions of the opening narration
From Script to Screen, a video essay featuring film scholar Jean-Pierre Berthomé discussing the evolution of director Max Ophuls's screenplay for Le Plaisir
Interviews with actor Daniel Gélin, assistant director Tony Aboyantz, and set decorator Robert Christidès
New and improved English subtitle translation
Plus: A new essay by film criti

Plaisir DVD Details

Video:
Pre-1954 Standard
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono
Language:
French
Subtitles:
English

Running Time: 97
Genre: Drama Foreign Film [dub Or Subtitle]
Item Weight: 1
UPC: 715515031523
Product Code: CRRN1766DVD
Format: DVD
Year:1952
Studio: Criterion

Plaisir DVD Summary The works of Guy de Maupassant have likely been adapted by more French filmmakers than those of any other author (with the possible exception of Georges Simenon).

Max Ophuls harnesses three Maupassant short stories to suit his artistic purposes in Le Plaisir (House of Pleasure).

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