The Earrings Of Madame De... (Criterion Collection) (1953) On DVD

The Earrings Of Madame De... (Criterion Collection) (1953) On DVD

The Ernie Kovacs Collection On DVD

The Ernie Kovacs Collection On DVD

$39.95
SKU
EOMD7855

Actor :    Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Vittorio De Sica, Mirelle Perrey, Jean Debucourt
Director: Max Ophuls
Genre:     Drama
Year:        1953
Studio:    Criterion Collection
Length:     100
Released: August 6, 2013
Rating:      Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format:     Blu-ray Hi-Def DVD
Misc:          NTSC, Black & White
Language: French
subtitles:   English


DESCRIPTION:

 The most cherished work from French master Max Ophuls (La ronde), THE EARRINGS OF MADAME DE. . . is a profoundly emotional, cinematographically adventurous tale of deceptive opulence and tragic romance. When an aristocratic woman known only as Madame de (Le plaisir’s extraordinary Danielle Darrieux) sells a pair of earrings given to her by her husband (Gaslight’s Charles Boyer) in order to pay a debt, she sets off a chain reaction of financial and carnal consequences that can end only in despair. Ophuls’s adaptation of Louise de Vilmorin’s incisive fin de siècle novel employs the elegant and precise camera work for which the director is so justly renowned, to ravishing effect.

Special Features:

  • New, restored high-definition digital film transfer, with uncompressed monaural
  • Audio commentary featuring film scholars Susan White and Gaylyn Studlar
  • Introduction by filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson
  • Interviews with director Max Ophuls's collaborators
  • Visual essay by film scholar Tag Gallagher
  • Archival interview with novelist Louise de Vilmorin
  • PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Molly Haskell
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