Name: Trouble in paradise
Brand: Criterion Collection
SKU: SD_ILS:2015858
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Author

Ernst Lubitsch

Call Number

4K BLU-RAY COMEDY (CEN)

Edition

4K UHD + 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

Trouble in paradise (Motion picture : 1932)

Series

National Film Registry

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

This is a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray and requires a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player; it will not play in standard Blu-ray or DVD players. For full 4K UHD effects, a 4K Ultra HD TV with HDR and a high-speed HDMI (category 2) cable are required.

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 ; one 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features ; audio commentary featuring Scott Eyman, biographer of director Ernst Lubitsch ; introduction by filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich ; new video essay by critic David Cairns.