DVD
Donkey skin = Peau d'ane
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Edition
DVD special ed.
Languages
In French, with English subtitles.
Performers
Catherine Deneuve, Jean Marais, Jacques Perrin, Micheline Presle, Delphine Seyrig, Fernand Ledoux, Henri Cremieux, Sacha Pitoeff.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2014]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
A princess must go into hiding as a scullery maid in order to fend off an unwanted marriage proposal--from her own father, the king.
Notes
Title from container.
Released as part of the Essential Jacques Demy collection.
Based on the story by Charles Perrault.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1970.
Special features: New 2K digital restoration ; French television interview from 1970 with director Jacques Demy and actors Catherine Deneuve, Jean Marais, and Jacques Perrin on the set of the film ; "Donkey skin" illustrated, a 2008 program on the many versions of Charles Perrault's fairy tale ; "Donkey skin" and the thinkers, a 2008 program on the themes of the film, featuring critic Camille Tabouley ; audio Q&A with Demy from the American Film Institute in 1971 ; new English subtitle translation.