Henri Storck Collection - 4-Disc Box Set ( Scenes of Ostend / Herring Fishers / Pleasure Trips / Romance on the Beach / Ostend, Queen of seaside resorts / Summer by the Sea / Holidays / Ostend 1930 / Misery in the Borinage / Houses of Misery ) ( The Boss is Dead / Symphony Paysanne / Peasant Symphony / The World of Paul Delvaux / An Artists Gathering / Rubens / The Open Window / Paul Delvaux or the Forbidden Women / Herman Teirlinck )

Henri Storck Collection - 4-Disc Box Set (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Scenes of Ostend / Herring Fishers / Pleasure Trips / Romance on the Beach / Ostend, Queen of seaside resorts / Summer by the Sea / Holidays / Ostend 1930 / Misery in the Borinage / Houses of Misery
Alternate Title: The Boss is Dead / Symphony Paysanne / Peasant Symphony / The World of Paul Delvaux / An Artists Gathering / Rubens / The Open Window / Paul Delvaux or the Forbidden Women / Herman Teirlinck
Language Selections:
Dutch ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Belgium ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
460 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access
Black & White
Blu-Ray & DVD Combo

Movie filmed in 1929 - 1971 and produced in:
Belgium ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Henri Storck
Joris Ivens
Maurice Delattre
Paul Haesaerts

Written By:
Henri Storck
Joris Ivens
Jacques de Schryver
Marie Gevers
René Micha
Paul Haesaerts

Actors:
Henri Storck
Marie Gevers ..... French comment
Marcel Josz ..... Narrator French
Frans Robberechts ..... Narrator Dutch
Paul Rock ..... Dutch comment
Gaston Vandermeulen ..... Narrator Dutch
Paul Haesaerts
Monique Dorsel
Jean Servais

Synopsis:

CINEMATEK pays tribute to Henri Storck with 4 titles on DVD + Blu-ray. Images d'Ostende contains 8 films on his native city of Ostend of which he was the official chronicler in the 30's. Misère au Borinage presents three 'social' films from the same era. The lyrical masterpiece Symphonie paysanne describes the day to day life and rituals of the farmers. Art & Cinema revives a number of Storck's documentaires on art.
Images d'Ostende
Scenes of Ostend (1929-30)
Herring Fishers (1930)
Pleasure Trips (1930)
Romance on the Beach (1931)
Ostend, Queen of seaside resorts (1931)
Summer by the Sea (1931)
Holidays (1938)
Ostend 1930 (Luc de Heusch, 2004)
Misère au Borinage
Misery in the Borinage (1933)
Houses of Misery (1937)
The Boss is Dead (1938)
Symphony Paysanne
Peasant Symphony (1942-44)
Art & Cinema
The World of Paul Delvaux (1944)
An Artists Gathering (1945)
Rubens (1948)
The Open Window (1952)
Paul Delvaux or the Forbidden Women (1969-70)
Herman Teirlinck (1953)

CINEMATEK and it's partners the Cinémathèque of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation and the Henri Storck Fund received the prize for Best Blu-ray set of the year for the HENRI STORCK Collection: "a wide sélection raisonnée by a master of documentary in four DVDs covering four parallel sides of his researches: Images d'Ostende, elegies devoted to the beauties of Storck's hometown and beaches; his pamphlets against capitalism, Misère au Borinage; his Virgilian eclogue, Symphonies Paysanne; and his films devoted to Paul Delvaux, Rubens, and Herman Teirlinck-all superbly restored".

Il Cinema Ritrovato (Cinema Rediscovered) is a festival dedicated to the rediscovery of rare and little-known films with a particular focus on cinema origins and the silent movie period. It is organised every summer by the Cineteca di Bologna, Italy, and is one of the world's major festivals of film restoration. Every year, the festival organises a DVD Awards competition. This year's jury comprised of Lorenzo Codelli, Alexander Horwarth, Mark McElhatten, Paolo Mereghetti, and Jonathan Rosenbaum, and was presided by Peter von Bagh.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 19 December, 2013.