Money (1928) ( L'argent ) ( Jazz-Bank )

Money (1928) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: L'argent
Alternate Title: Jazz-Bank
Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
French ( Mono )

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

Running Time:
150 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
3-DVD Set
Box Set
Documentary
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Booklet
Blu-Ray & DVD Combo

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

Directed By:
Marcel L'Herbier

Written By:
Arthur Bernède
Marcel L'Herbier

Actors:
Brigitte Helm ..... Baronin Sandorf
Marie Glory ..... Line Hamelin
Yvette Guilbert ..... La Méchain
Pierre Alcover ..... Nicolas Saccard
Alfred Abel ..... Alphonse Gunderman
Henry Victor ..... Jacques Hamelin
Pierre Juvenet ..... Baron Defrance
Antonin Artaud ..... Mazaud
Jules Berry ..... Huret, the reporter
Raymond Rouleau ..... Jantron
Roger Karl ..... Un banquier
Armand Bour ..... Daigremont
Jimmy Gaillard ..... Une standardiste
Jean Godard ..... Salomon Massias
Mona Goya ..... Aline de Beauvilliers
Esther Kiss
Alexandre Mihalesco
Marcelle Pradot

Synopsis:

Adapted from Émile Zola's novel of the same name, Marcel L'Herbier's L'Argent [Money] is an opulent classic of late-silent era cinema. Filmed in part on location at the Paris stock exchange, it reveals a world of intrigue, greed, decadence, and ultimately corruption and scandal when business dealings and amorous deceit combine. Business tycoons Saccard and Gunderman lock horns when the former attempts to raise capital for his faltering bank. To inflate the price of his stock, Saccard concocts a duplicitous publicity stunt involving the unwitting aviator Hamelin and a flight across the Atlantic to drill for oil, much to the dismay of his wife Line. While Hamelin is away, the lascivious Saccard attempts to seduce Line, whose own temptation by the allure of money puts herself and her husband in danger pawns in a high-stakes chess game played out by unscrupulous speculators. With an all-star cast (Brigitte Helm and Alfred Abel, fresh from Fritz Lang's Metropolis, alongside Pierre Alcover, Yvette Guilbert, and luminary of the French avant-garde Antonin Artaud) and a mammoth budget, L'Argent is comparable in period and scale with other celebrated epics of the silent era, such as Abel Gance's Napoléon. With its use of portable cameras that literally descend into the Bourse and revolve around its lavish contours, L'Argent represents a type of cinematic Impressionism distinctive to the silent art a poetry that would change forever with the coming of sound. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present for the very first time on home video in the UK this crowning moment of silent cinema.

The business tycoon Nicolas Saccard is nearly ruined by his rival Gunderman, when he tries to raise capital for his company...

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 10 November, 2019.

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