Les visiteurs du soir
2012
DVD
Set in the 15th century, two strangers dressed as minstrels arrive at a castle in advance of court festivities, and it is revealed that they are actually emissaries of the devil himself, dispatched to spread heartbreak and suffering. Their plans, however, are thwarted by an unexpected intrusion: human love. Often interpreted as an allegory for the Nazi occupation of France, during which it was made.
Item Details
ISBN: 9781604656343
Uniform Title: Visiteurs du soir (Motion picture)
Edition: DVD special édition.
Description:
- 1 videodisc (121 min) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([18 pages] : illustrations ; 19 cm).
- monochrome
- digital
- optical
- mono
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
Target Audience Note: Not rated.
Other Title: Devil's envoys.
Notes:
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1942.
- Special features: "The making of 'Les visiteurs du soir'" featurette; trailer; booklet with "Love in the ruins" essay by Michael Atkinson.
- Cinematographer, Roger Hubert ; editor, Henri Rust ; music, Maurice Thiriet ; musical director, Charles Münch ; production design and costumes by Georges Wakevitch.
- Arletty, Marie Déa, Fernand Ledoux, Alain Cuny, Pierre Labry, Jean d'Yd, Roger Blin, Gabriel Gabrio, Marcel Herrand, Jules Berry.
- DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; mono.
- French dialogue with optional English subtitles.
Publisher or Distributor Number: 10737123
Control Number: 983177
UPC: 715515099011
Publisher: [New York] : Criterion Collection : Janus Films, [2012]Series:
- Criterion collection
- Criterion collection ; 626.
- The Criterion collection
- The Criterion collection ; 626.
Subjects:
- Courtly love -- Drama.
- Devil -- Drama.
- France -- Drama.
- Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
- Marriage customs and rites -- Drama.
- Middle Ages -- Drama.
- Temptation -- Drama.
- Troubadours -- Drama.
Genre:
- Drama.
- Feature films -- France.
- Feature films.
- Fiction films.
- Foreign language films -- French.
- Motion pictures, French.
- Romance films.
- Video recordings.
Other Authors:
- Arletty, 1898-1992, actor.
- Berry, Jules, 1883-1951, actor.
- Blin, Roger, 1907-1984, actor.
- Carné, Marcel, director.
- Criterion Collection (Firm)
- Cuny, Alain, actor.
- Déa, Marie, actor.
- Gabrio, Gabriel, 1887-1946, actor.
- Herrand, Marcel, actor.
- Hubert, Roger, 1903-1964, director of photography.
- Janus Films.
- Labry, Pierre, 1885-1948, actor.
- Laroche, Pierre, 1902-1962, screenwriter.
- Ledoux, Fernand, 1897-1993, actor.
- Munch, Charles, 1891-1968, musical director.
- Paulvé, André, producer.
- Prévert, Jacques, 1900-1977, screenwriter.
- Rust, Henri, film editor.
- Thiriet, Maurice, 1906-1972, composer.
- Wakhevitch, Georges, 1907-1984, artistic director, costume designer.
- Yd, Jean d', 1880-1964, actor.