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Le grand jeu (DVD) (*)

$42.99

Screened, competed or awarded at:
Venice Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
110 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White
Booklet
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1934 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Jacques Feyder

Written By:
Jacques Feyder
Charles Spaak

Actors:
Marie Bell ..... Florence / Irma
Pierre Richard-Willm ..... Pierre Martel / Pierre Muller
Charles Vanel ..... Clément
Georges Pitoëff ..... Nicolas Ivanoff (as Georges Pitoeff)
Camille Bert ..... Le colonel
André Dubosc ..... Bernard Martel
Pierre Larquey ..... Gustin
Lyne Clevers ..... La môme Dauville
Harry Nestor ..... Aziani (as Nestor Ariani)
Pierre de Guingand ..... Le capitaine
Henri Chomette ..... Fenoux (as Florencie)
Louis Florencie ..... Le cantinier
Pierre Labry ..... La voix d'Irma
Claude Marcy ..... Aïchouch
Olga Velbria

Synopsis:

A marvellous rediscovery from the golden age of French cinema, Jacques Feyder's Le Grand jeu is a tragic doppelgänger romance, steered by the fate of the tarot card, and set against the dizzying exoticism of 1930s Morocco. When scandalous Parisian playboy Pierre Martel is forced by his family to leave France and his adored lover Florence (Marie Bell), he begins a new life in the Foreign Legion as Pierre Muller. Drowning his regrets in camaraderie, whores, and hell-raising, he is astonished at meeting Irma (also Marie Bell), a prostitute with an uncanny resemblance to his beloved, and begins a fitful scheme to allow her escape. An early benchmark of poetic realism and a fascinating precursor to both Duvivier's Pépé le Mokoand Hitchcock's Vertigo, Feyder's fluid, masterful storytelling make this a unique classic of the screen: vividly forceful yet subtle, acutely observed yet fantastic, world-weary yet tender.

A wonderful precursur to Hitchcock's 'Vertigo', 'Le Grand Jeu' sets an early benchmark in cinematic realism as it beatifully unravels a tragic tale of romance and fate, set in 1930's Morocco.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 15 August, 2010.

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