PORT OF SHADOWS / MARCEL CARNE'S / (Le Quai des brumes) / THE CRITERION COLLECTION / Studio Canal / DVD Video

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The Criterion Collection, a continuing series of important classic and contemporary films, presents

!!! Condition of DVD is USED - LIKE NEW !!!

Down a foggy, desolate road to the port city of Le Havre travels Jean (Jean Gabin), an army deserter looking for another chance to make good on life. Fate, however, has a different plan for him, as acts of both revenge and kindness render him front-page news. Also starring the blue-eyed phenomenon Michèle Morgan in her first major role, and the menacing Michel Simon, Port of Shadows (Le Qual des brumes) starkly portrays an underworld of lonely souls wrestling with their own destinies. Based on the book by Pierre Mac Orlan, the inimitable team of director Marcel Carné and writer Jacques Prévert delivers a quintessential example of poetic realism and a classic film from the golden age of French Cinema.

Adapted from a novel by Jacques Prevert, Port of Shadows (Quai des brumes) stars that eternal victim of society, Jean Gabin. Having deserted the French army, Gabin ducks into a back alley and meets the lovely Michelle Morgan. He becomes her champion by taking on her evil "protectors" (Michel Simon, Pierre Brasseur), but loses his last bid for freedom--and his life--in the process. Irredeemably gloomy, Port of Shadows was a primary influence in the "film noir" genre pursued by Hollywood in the 1940s. The film was the first of three collaborations between writer Jacques Prevert and director Marcel Carne, culminating in the incomparable Les Enfants du Paradis (1944). Hal Erickson, Rovi 

SPECIAL FEATURES

• New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound
• Gallery of production stills and promotional posters
• French theatrical trailer
• New and improved English subtitle translation
• Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
• Plus: A 32-page booklet featuring a new essay by cultural historian Luc Sante and a new translation of excerpts from Marcel Carné's autobiography Ma vie à belles dents (My Life with Gusto)

Details:

• 1938
• 90 MINUTES
• BLACK & WHITE
• MONAURAL
• IN FRENCH WITH OPTIONAL ENGLISH SUBTITLES
• 1.33:1 ASPECT RATIO

Starring Jean Gabin Michel Simon Michèle Morgan Based on a novel by Pierre Mac Orian Screenplay by Jacques Prévert Original Music by Maurice Jaubert Cinematography by Eugen Schüfftan Film Editing by René Le Hénaff Produced by Grégor Rabinovitch Directed by Marcel Carné