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• Wicked Games: Three Films by Robert Hossein | Unknown | (17/11/2025) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A prison break, femme fatales and a genre-defining western: Robert Hossein (Rififi) was, both behind and in front of the camera, one of French cinema's great unsung stylists. Three of his finest genre exploits are collected here: The Wicked Go to Hell (1955), Nude in a White Car (1959) and The Taste of Violence (1961).In a hard penitentiary, two prisoners fight off the rumour that one of them denounced a recently executed inmate. With their fellow convicts at their throats they join forces and escape. Along the way, they hole up in a remote beach cabin where they take the angel-faced occupant (Marina Vlady, 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her) as their hostage while they figure out their next move. The feature debut of Robert Hossein, The Wicked Go to Hell was adapted from the novel by celebrated crime writer Frédéric Dard (Paris Pick-up), a prison escape film that spins into a fatalistic noir, oozing with atmosphere from its striking compositions and explosions of violence.On an evening stroll, Pierre (Robert Hossein, also director) is invited into a white car by a female voice. Upon getting in he finds a nude blonde with her face obscured by shadow. After sharing an intimate moment Pierre tries to get to know her but she produces a revolver and orders him to leave. Astonished by the events, Pierre determines to find the woman and traces the car to an address where two blonde sisters live (Marina Vlady, 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her and Odile Versois, Passport to Shame), one who claims to never go out and another who is paralysed. Following his explosive debut, director Robert Hossein re-teams with celebrated crime writer Frédéric Dard for this sultry mystery evoking Hitchcock and classic noir.In a Latin American country ruled by a dictator, revolutionary leader Perez (Robert Hossein, also director) holds up a train to kidnap the dictator's daughter (Giovanna Ralli, The Mercenary) to trade her for captured revolutionaries. Perez takes her across dangerous terrain with his two lieutenants Chamaco (Mario Adorf, The Italian Connection) and Chico. But the bounty on her head is high and compatriots may be easily tempted to switch sides. Anticipating later Zapata Westerns that focused on revolution like A Bullet for the General and The Wild Bunch, The Taste of Violence is also one of the most visually striking Euro Westerns, bearing resemblance to work by Akira Kurosawa.BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES2K restorations by Gaumont for each film, presented on three discsOriginal uncompressed mono audio for each filmAudio commentary on each film by critic and author Tim Lucas (2025)Picking Strawberries - A newly created ˜making of' featurette with historian Lucas Balbo, featuring archive interviews with Hossein and Jean Rollin (2025) Behind Marked Eyes: The Cinematic Stare of Robert Hossein - A newly created featurette by Howard S. Berger about Hossein and his work (2025)Interview with actor Marina Vlady (2014)The Evolution of the Femme Fatale in Classic French Cinema - A visual essay by critic Samm Deighan (2025)The Taste of Violence appreciation by filmmaker and Western authority Alex Cox (2025)Interview with author C. Courtney Joyner on The Taste of Violence and the Zapata Western subgenre (2025)TrailerReversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time TomorrowLimited edition booklet featuring new writing by Walter Chaw and newly translated archival archival writing by Lucas BalboLimited Edition of 3000 copies, presented in a rigid box with full-height Scanavo cases and removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

• Essential Becker Collection | Blu Ray | (28/11/2022) from £46.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Jacques Becker was an important and influential French filmmaker who was admired by the directors that led the French New Wave movement. He made his directorial debut in 1942 after a year in a German prisoner-of war camp. The entire output of his working career was only 13 films including some of the greatest French masterpieces. Becker had a very strong presence in French cinema and constantly tried to create something different which is noticeable in his films as each is unique and very different in style and genre. This essential collection includes 5 films of the prestigious filmmaker: Falbalas (1944), Edward and Caroline (1951), Casque d'Or (1952), Touchez pas au Grisbi (1954) and Le Trou (1960). Product Features FALBALAS (1944) Falbalas: A Family Affair Fashion and Clothing: Jean Paul Gaultier Interview with Micheline Presle Auditions Falbalas: Restored Version EDWARD AND CAROLINE (1951) Interview with Ginette Vincendeau Edouard et Caroline on AU CINEMA CE SOIR © Ina - 1974 Jacques Becker on LE JAZZ ET JEUNESSE © Ina - 1956 CASQUE D'OR (1952) Alex and Marie: Once upon a time there was Casque d'Or In the heart of hearts: the legend of Casque d'Or Trailer TOUCHEZ PAS AU GRISBI (1954) Interview With Ginette Vincendeau Interview With Jean Becker Interview With Jeanne Moreau Jeanne Moreau On Gros Plan © Ina - 1957 LE TROU (1960) Interview with Ginette Vincendeau Interview with Jean Becker Interview with Philippe Leroy L'Envers du décors : A Behind The Scenes Featurette Interview With Jean Keraudy

• The Day of the Owl | Blu Ray | (23/09/2024) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Day of the Owl stars Franco Nero (Django) as a police chief who, while investigating the death of a construction worker, goes up against corrupt officials and a ruthless mafia boss (Lee J. Cobb, On the Waterfront). Adapted from the celebrated novel by Leonardo Sciascia (Illustrious Corpses, Todo Modo), The Day of the Owl was the first book to openly deal with organised crime in Sicily. Director Damiano Damiani followed in the civic-minded cinema of Francesco Rosi and Elio Petri while forging a new path for the action-orientated cinema of the poliziottesco that would follow, creating something uniquely his own. A prestigious production, it was in the running for best film at the Berlin Film Festival and found wins at home in the David di Donatello Awards for stars Nero and Claudia Cardinale, along with Damiani (A Bullet for the General), and Best film.The Day of the Owl stars Franco Nero (Django) as a police chief who, while investigating the death of a construction worker, goes up against corrupt officials and a ruthless mafia boss (Lee J. Cobb, On the Waterfront). Adapted from the celebrated novel by Leonardo Sciascia (Illustrious Corpses, Todo Modo), The Day of the Owl was the first book to openly deal with organised crime in Sicily. Director Damiano Damiani followed in the civic-minded cinema of Francesco Rosi and Elio Petri while forging a new path for the action-orientated cinema of the poliziottesco that would follow, creating something uniquely his own. A prestigious production, it was in the running for best film at the Berlin Film Festival and found wins at home in the David di Donatello Awards for stars Nero and Claudia Cardinale, along with Damiani (A Bullet for the General), and Best film.

• Casque D'Or (Vintage World Cinema) | Blu Ray | (28/11/2022) from £16.53   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Casque D'Or | DVD | (21/08/2017) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In Paris at the turn of the 19th Century, Casque D'Or follows the love affair between gangster's moll, Marie (Simone Signoret, Room At The Top, Les Diaboliques) and reformed criminal Georges Manda (Serge Reggiani, Les Miserables, The Pianist). When mob boss, Felix Leca (Claude Dauphin), takes an active interest in their affair, an underworld rivalry ensues leading to a treacherous and tragic end. Casque D'Or is a classic, poetic tale of doomed romance based on the true-life Leca-Manda scandal. Evoking the Belle Epoque period perfectly and with an unforgettable femme fatale performance from Signoret, Casque D'Or is considered a Becker masterpiece.

• Casque D'Or | Blu Ray | (21/08/2017) from £13.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In Paris at the turn of the 19th Century, Casque D'Or follows the love affair between gangster's moll, Marie (Simone Signoret, Room At The Top, Les Diaboliques) and reformed criminal Georges Manda (Serge Reggiani, Les Miserables, The Pianist). When mob boss, Felix Leca (Claude Dauphin), takes an active interest in their affair, an underworld rivalry ensues leading to a treacherous and tragic end. Casque D'Or is a classic, poetic tale of doomed romance based on the true-life Leca-Manda scandal. Evoking the Belle Epoque period perfectly and with an unforgettable femme fatale performance from Signoret, Casque D'Or is considered a Becker masterpiece.

• Manon | Blu Ray | (24/02/2020) from £9.35   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  An adaptation of Abbe Prevost's classic French novel 'Manon Lescaut', updated to post-World War II France, in which a former French Resistance activist rescues Manon from villagers who want to lynch her for collaborating with the Nazis. They move to Paris, but their relationship quickly turns stormy after they get involved in profiteering, prostitution and murder.

• Secret People | DVD | (13/05/2019) from £8.12   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Hollywood icon Audrey Hepburn stars in her first significant role as an ingenue whose sister becomes ensnared in a web of intrigue and political assassination in this classic Ealing drama from Oscar-nominated director Thorold Dickinson. Co-starring noted European actors Valentina Cortesa giving a sensitive, critically-acclaimed performance and Serge Reggiani, Secret People is presented here as a transfer from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. Relocated due to increasing danger in their southern European homeland, sisters Maria and Nora settle in London with Maria leaving Louis, the young man she loves, to carry on the fight. In a chance meeting several years later Louis plays on Maria's love for him to involve her in a plot to bomb the man responsible for her father's death a plot that doesn't go to plan. Special Features: Theatrical trailer Image gallery PDF material

• Casque D'Or | DVD | (13/08/2007) from £12.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (27.80%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Jacques Becker lovingly evokes the Belle poque Parisian demimonde in this classic tale of doomed romance. When gangster's moll Marie (Simone Signoret) falls for reformed criminal Manda (Serge Reggiani) their passion incites an underworld rivalry that leads inexorably to treachery and tragedy. With poignant nuanced performances and sensuous black-and-white photography Casque d'or is Becker at the height of his cinematic powers - an achingly romantic masterpiece.

• Secret People | Blu Ray | (13/05/2019) from £20.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Hollywood icon Audrey Hepburn stars in her first significant role as an ingénue whose sister becomes ensnared in a web of intrigue and political assassination in this classic Ealing drama from Oscar-nominated director Thorold Dickinson. Co-starring noted European actors Valentina Cortese giving a sensitive, critically-acclaimed performance and Serge Reggiani, Secret People is presented here as a High Definition transfer from the original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. Relocated due to increasing danger in their southern European homeland, sisters Maria and Nora settle in London with Maria leaving Louis, the young man she loves, to carry on the fight. In a chance meeting several years later Louis plays on Maria's love for him to involve her in a plot to bomb the man responsible for her father's death a plot that doesn't go to plan. Special Features: Image gallery PDF material

• Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno | Blu Ray | (05/02/2018) from £19.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In 1964, Henri-Georges Clouzot, the acclaimed director of thriller masterpieces Les Diaboliques and Wages of Fear, began work on his most ambitious film yet. Set in a beautiful lake side resort in the Auvergne region of France, L'Enfer (Inferno) was to be a sun scorched elucidation on the dark depths of jealousy starring Romy Schneider as the harassed wife of a controlling hotel manager (Serge Reggiani). However, despite huge expectations, major studio backing and an unlimited budget, after three weeks the production collapsed under the weight of arguments, technical complications and illness. In this compelling, award-winning documentary Serge Bromberg and Ruxandra Medrea present Inferno's incredible expressionistic original rushes, screen tests, and on-location footage, whilst also reconstructing Clouzot's original vision, and shedding light on the ill-fated endeavour through interviews, dramatisations of unfilmed scenes, and Clouzot's own notes. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation Original 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio Optional English subtitles Lucy Mazdon on Henri-Georges Clouzot, the French cinema expert and academic talks at length about the films of Clouzot and the troubled production of Inferno They Saw Inferno, a featurette including unseen material, providing further insight into the production of Inferno Filmed Introduction by Serge Bromberg Interview with Serge Bromberg Stills gallery Original trailer Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Twins of Evil FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Ginette Vincendeau

• Secret People | DVD | (18/01/2010) from £15.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A dark and suspenseful drama set in 1930s London. Maria Brentano and her younger sister Nora flee to London after their father is murdered by a European minister. Seven years later during a weekend trip to Paris Maria unexpectedly meets Louis her former lover who is now plotting the assassination of the same minister. Maria and Nora become involved in the plan which goes tragically wrong when the bomb they plant kills an innocent bystander. Facing the consequences of her actions and harboring dark secrets Maria escapes and assumes a new identity but later discovers that her sister is involved with Louis in a dangerous plot and decides to boldly act in order to save her...

• La Ronde | DVD | (15/08/2016) from £8.94   |  Saving you £4.05 (45.30%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Max Ophuls' wonderful adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler's play won a BAFTA for Best Film as well as two Oscar nominations. Starring Simone Signoret, Simone Simon and Anton Walbrook as the enigmatic master of ceremonies who guides us through a series of amorous encounters in 1900's Vienna. A soldier (Serge Reggiani) meets an eager young lady of the night and later has an affair with a young lady, who becomes a maid who then has an affair with the young master of the house. The young man then seduces a married woman and on and on spins on the gay carousel of romantic life...

• La Ronde | DVD | (08/09/2008) from £9.35   |  Saving you £10.64 (113.80%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Max Ophuls is widely regarded to be one of the greatest and most revered directors in the history of cinema. His trademark array of lavish fluid camera movements would influence generations of filmmakers to come. Among the many who have had praised his genius are Francois Truffaut Jean-Luc Goddard Martin Scorsese Stanley Kubrick who believed his camera could pass through walls and more recently directors such as Todd Haynes (Velvet Goldmine Far From Heaven) and Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights Magnolia) who called him his idol. Now for the first time on DVD Orphuls masterpiece La Ronde. Anton Walbrook is the enigmatic omnipotent master of ceremonies guiding us through a series of amorous encounters in Vienna of 1900. Featuring some of the greatest names in French cinema Max Ophuls' wonderful adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler's play was honoured with a BAFTA for 'Best Film' as well as Oscar nominations.

• La Ronde | Blu Ray | (15/08/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Max Ophuls' wonderful adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler's play won a BAFTA for Best Film as well as two Oscar nominations. Starring Simone Signoret, Simone Simon and Anton Walbrook as the enigmatic master of ceremonies who guides us through a series of amorous encounters in 1900's Vienna. A soldier (Serge Reggiani) meets an eager young lady of the night and later has an affair with a young lady, who becomes a maid who then has an affair with the young master of the house. The young man then seduces a married woman and on and on spins on the gay carousel of romantic life...

• The Beekeeper | DVD | (07/06/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

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• Le Doulos | DVD | (02/03/2009) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-2.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The backstabbing criminals in the shadowy underworld of Jean-Pierre Melville's Le doulos have only one guiding principle: Lie or die. A stone-faced Jean-Paul Belmondo stars as enigmatic gangster Silien who may or may not be responsible for squealing on Faugel (Serge Reggiani) just released from the slammer and already involved in what should have been a simple heist. By the end of this brutal twisty and multilayered policier who will be left to trust? Shot and edited with Melville's trademark cool and featuring masterfully stylized dialogue and performances Le doulos (slang for an informant) is one of the filmmaker's most gripping crime dramas.

• Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno | DVD | (12/04/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Part original part documentary and part reconstruction Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno tells the emotional story of the ill-fated film project L'enfer an enigmatic and original film about a hotel manager who becomes possessed by the demons of jealousy.

• Casque D'Or | Blu Ray | (05/11/2012) from £14.84   |  Saving you £8.15 (54.92%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Casque d'or is a 1952 French film directed by Jacques Becker (Touchez pas au Grisbi). Evoking the Belle Epoque period perfectly, this story of an ill-fated love affair stars Simone Signoret (Room At The Top, Les Diaboliques) as Marie and Serge Reggiani (Les Miserable, The Pianist) as Manda. When gangster’s moll Marie falls for reformed criminal Manda their passion incites an underworld rivalry that leads to treachery and tragedy. Special Features: At the Heart of Emotions - the Legend of Golden Marie Featurette

• Le Doulos | DVD | (26/04/2004) from £11.05   |  Saving you £8.94 (44.70%)   |  RRP £19.99

  One of Melville's own favourite films in which ambiguity is the name of the game as a convicted burglar completes his incarceration only to get himself straight back into trouble...