| Edition |
DVD special edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (10 pages : black and white illustrations ; 19 cm). |
| Playing Time |
013600 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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monochrome rdacc |
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black and white |
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stamping rdapm |
| Description |
digital rdatr |
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optical rdarm |
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sound rdasco |
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monaural rdacpc |
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full screen rdaar |
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NTSC rdabs |
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video file rdaft |
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DVD video |
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region 1 rdare |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 1139 |
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Criterion collection ; 1139.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, NTSC, 1.37:1 aspect ratio; Dolby audio, mono. |
| Cast |
Arletty, Louis Jouvet, Annabella, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Paulette Dubost, Andrex, André Brunot. |
| Credits |
Photography, Armand Thirard, Louis Née; music, Maurice Jaubert. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1938. |
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Based on the novel by Eugène Dabit. |
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Full screen (1.37:1). |
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Accompanied by folded sheet (10 pages) containining an essay by film and theater scholar Edward Baron Turk. |
| 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. -- Container. |
| Note |
Special features: 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack ; new conversation with filmmaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amélie) 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 ; new English subtitle translation ; trailer, plus an essay by film and theater scholar Edward Baron Turk. |
| Audience |
Not rated by the MPAA. |
| Language |
French dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
| Subject |
Hotels -- Drama.
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Criminals -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Criminals. (OCoLC)fst00883516
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Hotels. (OCoLC)fst00961767
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Man-woman relationships. (OCoLC)fst01007080
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| Genre/Form |
Comedy films. (OCoLC)fst01710291
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
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Film adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01710491
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Romance films. (OCoLC)fst01710332
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Film adaptations.
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Romance films.
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Comedy films.
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| Added Author |
Carné, Marcel, film director.
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Aurenche, Jean, screenwriter.
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Jeanson, Henri, screenwriter.
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Annabella, 1909-1996, actor.
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Aumont, Jean Pierre, actor.
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Jouvet, Louis, actor.
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Arletty, 1898-1992, actor.
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Dubost, Paulette, actor.
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Andrex, 1907-1989, actor.
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Brunot, André, 1879-1973, actor.
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Jaubert, Maurice, composer (expression)
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Thirard, Armand, director of photography.
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Née, Louis, director of photography.
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Turk, Edward Baron, writer of supplementary textual content.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Dabit, Eugène, 1898-1936.
Hôtel du Nord.
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Impérial Film (Firm), production company.
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S.E.D.I.F., production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| Added Title |
Container of (work) : Hôtel du Nord (Motion picture : 1938).
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| ISBN |
9781681439679 |
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1681439670 |
| Standard No. |
715515275316 |
| Music No. |
CC3388D Criterion Productions |
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