Blu-ray
Trouble in paradise
Call Number
- BLU-RAY COMEDY (CEN)
Edition
Blu-ray special edition.
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis, Herbert Marshall, Charles Ruggles, Edward Everett Horton, C. Aubrey Smith, Robert Greig.
Publication Information
[New York, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2026]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (82 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (illustrations (some color) ; 16 cm)
Audience
Not rated.
Uniform Title
Series
Summary
"Ernst Lubitsch's famed touch is on exquisite display in this sexy pre-Code jewel, glittering with witty innuendo and elegant comic invention. It's love at first swindle when high-society thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily Vautier cross paths amid the canals of Venice while attempting to con each other--and then it's off to Paris, where the pair meet their match in their latest mark, the tres chic Madame Colet, whose fabulous fortune is exceeded only by her powers of seduction. With its delightful risque dialogue, swoon worthy couture, and high deco style, Trouble in Paradise is a pinnacle of comic-romantic sophistication that fizzes like the finest champagne."--Container.
Notes
From the play by Aladár László.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1932.
Special features: New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and The Film Foundation, with funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation ; audio commentary featuring Scott Eyman, biographer of director Ernst Lubitsch ; introduction by filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich ; new video essay by critic David Cairns.