DVD
Pepe Le Moko
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Performers
Jean Gabin, Mireille Balin, Gabriel Gabrio, Lucas Grideux, Fréhel, Dalio.
Publication Information
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, c2003.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Le Moko hides from the police in the safety of the Casbah of Algiers, but his love for a beautiful woman brings him out to find final death as she sails away.
Notes
DVD format ; Dolby digital mono.
Videodisc release of the 1936 motion picture.
Based on the novel by Detective Ashelbe.
Not rated.
In French with optional English subtitles.
Special features include: New high-definition digital transfer made from the extensive 35 mm restoration ; 1962 French TV interview with director Julien Duvivier ; excerpts from the 1978 TV documentary "Remembering Jean Gabin" ; excerpts from Ginette Vincendeau's BFI Classics study of the film, addressing the historical background of the film's setting and the French crime novel genre ; a study of the lasting influence of Pépé on popular culture, including a comparison of this version to the 1938 U.S. remake "Algiers" ; essay by film critic Michael Atkinson ; original theatrical trailer.
Presented in aspect ratio 1.33:1.