Hôtel du Nord /
Hôtel du Nord /
written by Jean Aurenche, Eugène Dabit, Henri Jeanson ; director, Marcel Carne.
- Full screen edition.
, France
- 1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- 013600
- The Criterion collection ; 1139 .
- Criterion collection ; 1139. .
Originally released as a motion picture in 1938. Full screen (1.37:1). Special features: 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack ; new conversation with filmmaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amélie) and journalist Phillpe Morisson ; television program from 1972 on the making of the film ; documentary from 1994 on the life and career of director Marcel Carné ; new English subtitle translation ; plus an essay by film and theater scholar Edward Baron Turk.
Arletty, Louis Jouvet, Annabella, Jean-Pierre Aumont.
Anguished young lovers, fallen women, wanted criminals, and all manner of social castoffs: these are the disreputable denizens of the Hôtel du Nord, an atmospherically seedy boardinghouse on the bustling banks of the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris, whose lives collide in Marcel Carné's bittersweet rhapsody of romance, betrayal, revelry, and violence. --
Not rated by the MPAA.
DVD, full screen (1.37:1); Dolby audio, mono ; NTSC, region 1.
French dialogue; English subtitles.
9781681439679 1681439670
715515275316
CC3388DDVD Criterion Productions
Hotels--Drama.
Criminals--Drama.
Man-woman relationships--Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1938. Full screen (1.37:1). Special features: 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack ; new conversation with filmmaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amélie) and journalist Phillpe Morisson ; television program from 1972 on the making of the film ; documentary from 1994 on the life and career of director Marcel Carné ; new English subtitle translation ; plus an essay by film and theater scholar Edward Baron Turk.
Arletty, Louis Jouvet, Annabella, Jean-Pierre Aumont.
Anguished young lovers, fallen women, wanted criminals, and all manner of social castoffs: these are the disreputable denizens of the Hôtel du Nord, an atmospherically seedy boardinghouse on the bustling banks of the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris, whose lives collide in Marcel Carné's bittersweet rhapsody of romance, betrayal, revelry, and violence. --
Not rated by the MPAA.
DVD, full screen (1.37:1); Dolby audio, mono ; NTSC, region 1.
French dialogue; English subtitles.
9781681439679 1681439670
715515275316
CC3388DDVD Criterion Productions
Hotels--Drama.
Criminals--Drama.
Man-woman relationships--Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.