DVD
La bête humaine
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Edition
Special ed. ; Full screen version.
Languages
In French with optional subtitles in English; closed-captioned in English.
Performers
Jean Gabin, Simone Simon, Julien Carette, Fernand Ledoux, Blanchette Brunoy, Jenny Helia.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2006]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Summary
Train engineer Jacques lusts after the wife of his co-worker Robaud. Robaud kills his boss and Jacques witnesses the murder. In order to keep Jacques quiet, Robaud allows Jacques to have an affair with his wife, creating a tragic love triangle.
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 1938.
Based on the novel by Émile Zola.
Special features: introduction to the film by Jean Renoir ; new interview with director Peter Bogdanovich ; archival footage of Renoir directing actress Simone Simon and interviews with Renoir, Émile Zola scholar Henri Mitterand, and others on adapting Zola to the screen ; gallery of on-set photographs and theatrical posters ; theatrical trailer ; booklet featuring critic Geoffrey O'Brien, film historian Ginette Vincendeau, and production designer Eugène Lourié.