Hôtel du Nord

Author

Marcel Carné

Call Number

• DVD FOREIGN (CEN, OSH)

Edition

DVD special edition.

Languages

In French, with English subtitles.

Performers

Louis Jouvet, Arletty, Paulette Dubost, Andrex, Bernard Blier, François Périer, Annabella, Jean-Pierre Aumont, André Brunot.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2022]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (96 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (illustrations ; 19 cm)

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

"Anguished young lovers, fallen women, wanted criminals, and all manner of social castoffs: these are the disreputable denizens of the Hôtel du Nord, an atmospherically seedy boardinghouse on the bustling banks of the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris, whose lives collide in Marcel Carné's bittersweet rhapsody of romance, betrayal, revelry, and violence. Featuring evocative production design by the famed Alexandre Trauner and a colorful ensemble cast of some of classical French cinema's most illustrious stars--including Annabella, Louis Jouvet, and a divinely dissolute Arletty in one of her most iconic roles--poetic-realist jewel Hôtel du Nord is a sublime exemplar of Carné's celebrated poetic realism, imbuing working-class lives and dramas with a touching nobility."--Container.

Notes

Based on the novel by Eugène Dabit.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1938.

Special features: 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack ; new conversation with filmmaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet and journalist Phillpe Morisson ; television program from 1972 on the making of the film ; documentary from 1994 on the life and career of director Marcel Carné ; trailer ; new English subtitle translation.