Business tycoons Saccard and Gunderman lock horns when the former tries to raise capital for his faltering bank. To inflate his stock, Saccard concocts a duplicitous publicity stunt involving the unwitting aviator Hamelin and a flight across the Atlantic, much to the dismay of his wife Line. The Hamelins become pawns in a high-stakes chess game played out by unscrupulous speculators.
French Dolby Digital 2.0, French Dolby Digital 5.1, Silent
Subtitles:
English
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
Colour:
B & W
Bonus:
A pristine transfer from a fine grain print struck from the original negative, at the correct speed, featuring the director's cut fought for by L'HERBIER over many years
Newly improvised musical accompaniment by French composer and pianist JEAN-FRANCOIS ZYGEL, who also provides an introduction and a documentary
ABOUT L'ARGENT [AUTOUR DE LARGENT] (1928) -JEAN DREVILLE'S 40-min 'making of documentary (one of the first of its kind)
MARCEL LHERBIER: POET OF THE SILENT ART [MARCEL LHERBJER POETE DE L'ARTSILENCIEUX] (2007) - a 54-min documentary profile
Archival footage of BRIGITTE HELM arriving in Paris and screen-tests of the actors
A demonstration of L'HERBIER'S innovative sound techniques
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