Jean Epstein: The First Wave ( Mauprat / La glace à trois faces / Six et demi onze / La chute de la maison Usher ) ( Mauprat / The Three-Sided Mirror / Six and One Half Times Eleven / The Fall of the House of Usher )

Jean Epstein: The First Wave (DVD) (*)

$55.99

Original Title: Mauprat / La glace à trois faces / Six et demi onze / La chute de la maison Usher
Alternate Title: Mauprat / The Three-Sided Mirror / Six and One Half Times Eleven / The Fall of the House of Usher
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
271 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Alternative Footage
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1926-1928 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Jean Epstein

Written By:
Jean Epstein

George Sand
Marie Epstein
Edgar Allan Poe
Luis Bunuel

Actors:
Sandra Milovanoff ..... Edmée de Mauprat
Maurice Schutz ..... Tristan de Mauprat / Hubert de Mauprat
Nino Constantini ..... Bernard de Mauprat
René Ferté ..... Monsieur de La Marche
Alex Allin ..... Marcasse
Halma ..... Jean de Mauprat
Alexej Bondireff ..... Monk / Guardsman
Luis Bunuel
Line Doré
Gilbert Dulong
Jane Thierry
Jeanne Helbling ..... Lucie
Suzy Pierson ..... Athalia
Olga Day ..... Pearl
Raymond Guérin-Catelain ..... Le Soupirant
Jean Garat
René Ferté ..... L'Homme
Edmond Van Daële ..... Jérome de Ners
Suzy Pierson ..... Marie Mortelle / Mary Winter
Nino Constantini ..... Jean de Ners
René Ferté ..... Harry Gold
Jeanne Helbling
Jean Debucourt ..... Sir Roderick Usher
Marguerite Gance ..... Madeleine Usher
Charles Lamy ..... Allan - the Guest
Fournez-Goffard ..... The Doctor
Luc Dartagnan ..... Bar costumer
Abel Gance ..... Bar costumer
Halma ..... Bar Waiter
Pierre Hot ..... Bar costumer
Pierre Kefer ..... Bar costumer

Synopsis:

Mauprat: Set before the French Revolution, the film tells the story of Bernard De Mauprat, a noble orphan, raised by despicable aristocrats, who is saved from the gallows by his cousin Edmée and his father, the knight Hubert De Mauprat. The return of Bernard causes tensions within Mauprat's family since him tries to win the heart of his cousin Edmée (Knight of La Marche's fiancée) after obtaining her pledge of loyalty under a certain threat of rape. The Three-Sided Mirror: Psychological narrative avantgarde film about a wealthy young businessman who consecutively falls in love with a classy English woman (Pearl), a Russian sculptress (Athalia), and a naive working-class girl (Lucie). Overpowered by weakness, the coward sidesteps the obligations that love affairs impose: rather than living up to his dates he takes his sports-car from an ultra-modern garage and speeds to the fashionable beaches of Deauville. On his way, he is fatally hit by a descending swallow. The film is divided into three segments each of which consists of events the woman experienced. These sequences are embedded in scenes in which each of the three women is telling and casting her mind back to her own love affair. Thus, present, future and past merge and cannot be distinguished clearly. The intertwinement of several layers of time experience, recollection, telling and showing have been regarded as a source of inspiration of Alain Resnais and this film prefigures his 'L'Année dernière à Mariënbad' to a certain extent. Six and One Half Times Eleven: A renowned doctor and his brother live and work together until the brother falls in love with Marie, a singer, and gives up medicine to be with her. After a time however, she misses her old life and goes back on the stage - an act which leads her lover to commit suicide. Later the doctor and Marie also meet, and she becomes his mistress. He finds out about his brother's suicide and goes through his artifacts looking for a clue as to what might have been the cause. He finds a photograph of Marie and realizes the truth, which decimates their relationship. The Fall of the House of Usher: Allan has a hard time finding the Usher's house, which is known to be cursed... But he is a personal friend of Roderick Usher, who lives with his sick wife Madeline and a doctor. Roderick is painting a portrait of Madeline, but every pose exhausts her. Allan worries more and more...

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 29 October, 2019.