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This collection of films from Jean Renoir spans the great director's career. Beginning with two silent films, LA FILLE DE L'EAU and NANA, the three-volume set also includes the feature LA MARSEILLAISE, as well as two shorts, SUR UN AIR DE CHARLESTON and LA PETITE MARCHANDE D'ALLUMETTES. Two later films, LE TESTAMENT DU DOCTEUR CORDELIER and LE CAPORAL EPINGLE, complete this look at one of France's most important filmmakers. Martin Scorsese and Alain Renoir appear in a documentary about the elder Renoir's contribution to cinema.

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Stage and Spectacle: Three Films by Jean Renoir (3-Disc Set) [DVD]

This special multi-pack contains three films from one of cinema's true masters, Jean Renoir: THE GOLDEN COACH (1953), FRENCH CANCAN (1955), and ELENA AND HER MEN (1956). See individual titles for detailed information.

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La Bête Humaine

Made at the height of poetic realism in the French cinema, LA BÊTE HUMAINE is an adaptation of Emile Zola's classic work, starring Jean Gabin as railroad engineer Jacques Lantier. He lusts after Severine (Simone Simon), the lovely wife of stationmaster Robaud (Fernand Ledoux), but has kept his desire in check. While riding on Lantier's train, Robaud threatens to expose Severine's wealthy and powerful godfather, Grandmorin (Jacques Berlioz), for having violated his goddaughter when she was 16. Grandmorin threatens to ruin Robaud so the stationmaster kills the older man. Although Lantier is a witness, he fails to speak up when the wrong man, Cabuche (Jean Renoir), is indicted because of his feeling for Severine. Eager to ensure the engineer's silence, Robaud insists that Severine become his lover. Lantier does not require extensive persuasion. At length, Grandmorin is exposed and the ingenuous Cabuche is freed. But over time Severine has come to love Lantier. At this point she asks him to kill her husband so they can be together. But Lantier, overwhelmed by revulsion toward all that has come before, refuses to comply with her wishes. Gabin is utterly convincing as the tormented lover in this magnificently atmospheric tale of crime and passion.

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The Rules of the Game (2-Disc Special Edition) [DVD]

Widely regarded as one of the greatest films ever made, Jean Renoir's masterpiece THE RULES OF THE GAME is a devastating satire of the pre-WWII French aristocracy. Starring Marcel Dalio as wealthy landowner Marquis Robert de la Chesnaye, it charts the shifting relationships among the guests at a weekend hunting party on his vast estate. The guest list includes Robert's mistress Genevieve (Mila Parely), from whom he's trying to part, and Andre Jurieu (Roland Toutain), a famed aviator who is in love with Robert's wife, Christine (Nora Gregor). As they begin a dizzy dance of escape and pursuit, their games are observed and echoed by the servants below the stairs. The gamekeeper Schumacher (Gaston Modot) is trying to keep the poacher, Marceau (Julien Carette), from poaching on his pretty wife, Lisette (Paulette Dubost), unaware that his boss also has his eye on her. The passionate Jurieu, the only guest incapable of the appropriate hypocrisy, finds Christine in an embrace with a random lover (Pierre Nay), and the startled woman decides to leave Robert and go away with the aviator. Renoir's subtle deployment of long tracking shots in multiplanar deep focus reveals the relations of both groups and individuals as he dismantles the rituals of hypocrisy that make this society run smoothly.

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Grand Illusion (Criterion Collection) [DVD]

Calling on his own experiences as an aviator in WWI as well as those of his comrades, Jean Renoir's antiwar masterpiece bids farewell to the class constrictions of European society and calls for the unity of humankind across class and national boundaries. Set in the German prison camps of WWI, the film stars Jean Gabin as Marechal, and Marcel Dalio as Rosenthal. Like the charming aristocrat de Boldieu (Pierre Fresnay), these two French aviators were shot down and now spend most of their time escaping from German prison camps before inevitably being recaptured. Between escapes, they do what they can to amuse themselves, which includes running a talent show, but after a tunnel they've dug is discovered, the three are sent to Wintersborn, a forbidding fortress of a prison, which is commanded by former ace pilot von Rauffenstein (Erich von Stroheim). The humane commandant practices noblesse oblige toward de Boldieu, hoping for an alliance across national lines. But he comes to learn that this phrase has a different meaning for the Frenchman. One of the great films of all time, GRAND ILLUSION perhaps most purely embodies director Jean Renoir's characterstic humanism, manifested less here in camera technique than an instinctive ability to educe truthful performances from his cast.

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Grand Illusion (Criterion Collection Essential Art House Edition) [DVD]

Calling on his own experiences as an aviator in WWI as well as those of his comrades, Jean Renoir's antiwar masterpiece bids farewell to the class constrictions of European society and calls for the unity of humankind across class and national boundaries. Set in the German prison camps of WWI, the film stars Jean Gabin as Marechal, and Marcel Dalio as Rosenthal. Like the charming aristocrat de Boldieu (Pierre Fresnay), these two French aviators were shot down and now spend most of their time escaping from German prison camps before inevitably being recaptured. Between escapes, they do what they can to amuse themselves, which includes running a talent show, but after a tunnel they've dug is discovered, the three are sent to Wintersborn, a forbidding fortress of a prison, which is commanded by former ace pilot von Rauffenstein (Erich von Stroheim). The humane commandant practices noblesse oblige toward de Boldieu, hoping for an alliance across national lines. But he comes to learn that this phrase has a different meaning for the Frenchman. One of the great films of all time, GRAND ILLUSION perhaps most purely embodies director Jean Renoir's characterstic humanism, manifested less here in camera technique than an instinctive ability to educe truthful performances from his cast.

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Essential Art House: Vol. 1 - Beauty And The Beast / Grand Illusion / Knife In The Water / Lord Of T

This series from Janus Films and the Criterion Collection assembles benchmark works from some of cinema's greatest filmmakers. This first volume presents Jean Renoir's GRAND ILLUSION, Jean Cocteau's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, Peter Brook's LORD OF THE FLIES, Ingmar Bergman's WILD STRAWBERRIES, Roman Polanski's KNIFE IN THE WATER, and Akira Kurosawa's RASHOMON. Please see individual titles for further information.

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Boudu Saved from Drowning

In an oeuvre permeated with ambivalence toward bourgeois life, director Jean Renoir speculates on the result of the abandonment of those values in BOUDU SAVED FROM DROWNING. Producer Michel Simon stars as Boudu, a vagabond who attempts suicide by throwing himself into the Seine, grieving over the loss of his dog. But Eduaord Lestingois (Charles Granval), a humane bookseller, rescues him and takes him into his home, hoping to reform the shaggy bum. Shortly thereafter, anarchy reigns as the household is turned upside down by the antics of this large three-year-old. Spitting in first editions, using silken sheets to polish his shoes, sleeping in the hallway, and similar breaches of etiquette do little to endear Boudu to Lestingois. However, once Boudu has had a bath and shave in order to please the maid, Mrs. Lestingois (Marcelle Hainia) becomes surprisingly responsive to his overtures. The maid (Severine Lerczinska), who is Lestingois's mistress, also seems to feel the tramp's mysterious charm. Lestingois, an exemplary bourgeois, now has more than one reason to envy the man he saved from drowning. Among Renoir's finest films, this sharp-eyed take on the paradox of bourgeois liberalism includes stunning photography of Paris in the 1930s and a legendary comic performance by Michel Simon.

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La Bête Humaine (Subtitled English) [VHS]

Made at the height of poetic realism in the French cinema, LA BÊTE HUMAINE is an adaptation of Emile Zola's classic work, starring Jean Gabin as railroad engineer Jacques Lantier. He lusts after Severine (Simone Simon), the lovely wife of stationmaster Robaud (Fernand Ledoux), but has kept his desire in check. While riding on Lantier's train, Robaud threatens to expose Severine's wealthy and powerful godfather, Grandmorin (Jacques Berlioz), for having violated his goddaughter when she was 16. Grandmorin threatens to ruin Robaud so the stationmaster kills the older man. Although Lantier is a witness, he fails to speak up when the wrong man, Cabuche (Jean Renoir), is indicted because of his feeling for Severine. Eager to ensure the engineer's silence, Robaud insists that Severine become his lover. Lantier does not require extensive persuasion. At length, Grandmorin is exposed and the ingenuous Cabuche is freed. But over time Severine has come to love Lantier. At this point she asks him to kill her husband so they can be together. But Lantier, overwhelmed by revulsion toward all that has come before, refuses to comply with her wishes. Gabin is utterly convincing as the tormented lover in this magnificently atmospheric tale of crime and passion.

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The Golden Coach (Presented by Martin Scorsese) [VHS]

Jean Renoir's charming billet-doux to the commedia dell'arte, THE GOLDEN COACH stars Anna Magnani as Camilla, the magnetic leading actress of a troupe touring colonial Peru in the early 19th century. Three distinguished men vie for her attention. Ramon (Ricardo Rioli), a bullfighter, wishes her to share in his glory. Felipe (Paul Campbell), a young nobleman, wants to have her join him and live among the Indians. Ferdinand (Duncan Lamont) offers a golden coach as proof of his love. How will she choose?

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The Little Theater of Jean Renoir [VHS]

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The Little Theater of Jean Renoir [VHS]

Jean Renoir's last work before he died, THE LITTLE THEATER OF JEAN RENOIR was, ironically, made for television, in the form of an anthology consisting of three vignettes--THE LAST CHRISTMAS DINNER, THE ELECTRIC FLOOR POLISHER, and THE VIRTUE OF TOLERANCE--and a song interlude, WHEN LOVE DIES, performed by Jeanne Moreau. As one of the titles suggests, all of the episodes reflect the master's spirit of warmth and generosity, making an implicit plea for the virtue of tolerance, which seems to be more readily available in the quiet of the countryside.

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The Little Theater of Jean Renoir [VHS]

Jean Renoir's last work before he died, THE LITTLE THEATER OF JEAN RENOIR was, ironically, made for television, in the form of an anthology consisting of three vignettes--THE LAST CHRISTMAS DINNER, THE ELECTRIC FLOOR POLISHER, and THE VIRTUE OF TOLERANCE--and a song interlude, WHEN LOVE DIES, performed by Jeanne Moreau. As one of the titles suggests, all of the episodes reflect the master's spirit of warmth and generosity, making an implicit plea for the virtue of tolerance, which seems to be more readily available in the quiet of the countryside.

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The Little Theater of Jean Renoir [VHS]

Jean Renoir's last work before he died, THE LITTLE THEATER OF JEAN RENOIR was, ironically, made for television, in the form of an anthology consisting of three vignettes--THE LAST CHRISTMAS DINNER, THE ELECTRIC FLOOR POLISHER, and THE VIRTUE OF TOLERANCE--and a song interlude, WHEN LOVE DIES, performed by Jeanne Moreau. As one of the titles suggests, all of the episodes reflect the master's spirit of warmth and generosity, making an implicit plea for the virtue of tolerance, which seems to be more readily available in the quiet of the countryside.

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The Little Theater of Jean Renoir [VHS]

Jean Renoir's last work before he died, THE LITTLE THEATER OF JEAN RENOIR was, ironically, made for television, in the form of an anthology consisting of three vignettes--THE LAST CHRISTMAS DINNER, THE ELECTRIC FLOOR POLISHER, and THE VIRTUE OF TOLERANCE--and a song interlude, WHEN LOVE DIES, performed by Jeanne Moreau. As one of the titles suggests, all of the episodes reflect the master's spirit of warmth and generosity, making an implicit plea for the virtue of tolerance, which seems to be more readily available in the quiet of the countryside.

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The Little Theater of Jean Renoir [VHS]

Jean Renoir's last work before he died, THE LITTLE THEATER OF JEAN RENOIR was, ironically, made for television, in the form of an anthology consisting of three vignettes--THE LAST CHRISTMAS DINNER, THE ELECTRIC FLOOR POLISHER, and THE VIRTUE OF TOLERANCE--and a song interlude, WHEN LOVE DIES, performed by Jeanne Moreau. As one of the titles suggests, all of the episodes reflect the master's spirit of warmth and generosity, making an implicit plea for the virtue of tolerance, which seems to be more readily available in the quiet of the countryside.

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The Little Theater of Jean Renoir [VHS]

Jean Renoir's last work before he died, THE LITTLE THEATER OF JEAN RENOIR was, ironically, made for television, in the form of an anthology consisting of three vignettes--THE LAST CHRISTMAS DINNER, THE ELECTRIC FLOOR POLISHER, and THE VIRTUE OF TOLERANCE--and a song interlude, WHEN LOVE DIES, performed by Jeanne Moreau. As one of the titles suggests, all of the episodes reflect the master's spirit of warmth and generosity, making an implicit plea for the virtue of tolerance, which seems to be more readily available in the quiet of the countryside.

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Jean Renoir Shorts [VHS]

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Jean Renoir Shorts [VHS]

JEAN RENOIR SHORTS consists of two short films: Catherine Hessling stars as The Little Match Girl in Renoir's adapatation by the same name of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale. On a snowy night, the girl vainly tries to sell her wares to passers-by. Afraid to return home she sleeps under a plank and dreams of riding on horseback across the sky. In THE CHARLESTON, a black man (Johnny Huggins) in minstrel dressing arrives in Paris in a distant future on a strange flying machine. He's quickly captured and trussed up by a savage maiden (Catherine Hessling), who performs a "primitive dance of courtship," the Charleston.

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Boudu Saved from Drowning

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Boudu Saved from Drowning

In an oeuvre permeated with ambivalence toward bourgeois life, director Jean Renoir speculates on the result of the abandonment of those values in BOUDU SAVED FROM DROWNING. Producer Michel Simon stars as Boudu, a vagabond who attempts suicide by throwing himself into the Seine, grieving over the loss of his dog. But Eduaord Lestingois (Charles Granval), a humane bookseller, rescues him and takes him into his home, hoping to reform the shaggy bum. Shortly thereafter, anarchy reigns as the household is turned upside down by the antics of this large three-year-old. Spitting in first editions, using silken sheets to polish his shoes, sleeping in the hallway, and similar breaches of etiquette do little to endear Boudu to Lestingois. However, once Boudu has had a bath and shave in order to please the maid, Mrs. Lestingois (Marcelle Hainia) becomes surprisingly responsive to his overtures. The maid (Severine Lerczinska), who is Lestingois's mistress, also seems to feel the tramp's mysterious charm. Lestingois, an exemplary bourgeois, now has more than one reason to envy the man he saved from drowning. Among Renoir's finest films, this sharp-eyed take on the paradox of bourgeois liberalism includes stunning photography of Paris in the 1930s and a legendary comic performance by Michel Simon.

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Golden Coach

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Golden Coach

Jean Renoir's charming billet-doux to the commedia dell'arte, THE GOLDEN COACH stars Anna Magnani as Camilla, the magnetic leading actress of a troupe touring colonial Peru in the early 19th century. Three distinguished men vie for her attention. Ramon (Ricardo Rioli), a bullfighter, wishes her to share in his glory. Felipe (Paul Campbell), a young nobleman, wants to have her join him and live among the Indians. Ferdinand (Duncan Lamont) offers a golden coach as proof of his love. How will she choose?

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The Golden Coach [VHS]

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The Golden Coach [VHS]

Jean Renoir's charming billet-doux to the commedia dell'arte, THE GOLDEN COACH stars Anna Magnani as Camilla, the magnetic leading actress of a troupe touring colonial Peru in the early 19th century. Three distinguished men vie for her attention. Ramon (Ricardo Rioli), a bullfighter, wishes her to share in his glory. Felipe (Paul Campbell), a young nobleman, wants to have her join him and live among the Indians. Ferdinand (Duncan Lamont) offers a golden coach as proof of his love. How will she choose?

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