"Actor: Simone Simon"

• Hardboiled: Three Pulp Thrillers by Alain Corneau (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (24/03/2025) from £39.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES 4K restorations from the original negatives by Studio Canal, presented on three discs Uncompressed mono PCM audio for each film Audio commentary by Mike White on Police Python 357 (2024) Maxim Jakubowski on Police Python 357's source novel and adaptation (2024) Archival interview with Alain Corneau and François Périer about Police Python 357 from Belgian Television (1976) Série noire set interviews with Alain Corneau, Patrick Dewaere and Miriam Boyer from Belgian Television (1981) Série noire: The Darkness of the Soul - An archival documentary featuring cast and crew on the making of the film (2013, 53 mins) Archival interview with Alain Corneau and Marie Trintignant about Série noire (2002, 30 mins) A visual essay about Jim Thompson adaptations for the screen (2024) Introduction by documentary filmmaker Jérôme Wybon (2024) Shooting Choice of Arms - interviews with the cast and crew including behind-the-scenes footage (1981) Interviews with Deneuve, Montand and Depardieu from the set (1981) Interview with Manuela Lazic on Yves Montand in the 1970s (2024) Trailers Optional English subtitles for each film Reversible sleeve featuring designs based on original posters Limited edition 80-page booklet featuring new writing by Andrew Male, Nick Pinkerton, Charlie Brigden, and newly translated archival writing Limited edition of 2500 copies, presented in a rigid box with full-height Scanavo cases and removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and marking

• Fireworks | DVD | (26/08/2024) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Cat People | Blu Ray | (26/09/2016) from £17.81   |  Saving you £10.18 (57.16%)   |  RRP £27.99

  The first of the horror films producer VAL LEWTON (The Body Snatcher, I Walked with a Zombie) made for RKO Pictures redefined the genre by leaving its most frightening terrors to its audience's imagination. SIMONE SIMON (La bête humaine) stars as a Serbian émigré in Manhattan who believes that, because of an ancient curse, any physical intimacy with the man she loves (KENT SMITH) will turn her into a feline predator. Lewton, a consummate producer-auteur who oversaw every aspect of his projects, found an ideal director in JACQUES TOURNEUR (Out of the Past), a chiaroscuro stylist adept at keeping viewers off-kilter with startling compositions and psychological innuendo. Together, they eschewed the canned effects of earlier monster movies in favour of shocking with subtle shadows and creative audio cues. One of the studio's most successful movies of the 1940s, Cat People raised the creature feature to new heights of sophistication and mystery. SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES: New, restored 2K digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Audio commentary from 2005 featuring film historian Gregory Mank, with excerpts from an audio interview with actor Simone Simon Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows, a 2008 feature length documentary that explores the life and career of the legendary Hollywood producer Interview with director Jacques Tourneur from 1977 New interview with cinematographer John Bailey about the look of the film Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Geoffrey O'Brien Click Images to Enlarge

• Le Plaisir | DVD | (18/09/2006) from £19.75   |  Saving you £0.24 (1.22%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Le Plaisir based on the stories of Guy du Maupassant takes a gently wistful approach to the subject of love and desire through its three tales. Le Masque is the melancholy story of an old man as a veritable dancing wax museum figure hopelessly grasping for his lost youth in a nightly masquerade. La Maison Tellier ""a fairy tale for adults "" in the words of the narrator (Jean Servais playing Maupassant) is a delightful tale of a local brothel that closes for a night for a visit to the country where the ladies have gone to celebrate a young girl's first communion. Jean Gabin is delightful as the charming country bumpkin who plays host to the troupe and becomes sweetly smitten with flirty Danielle Darrieux. The finale Le Modele stars Daniel Glin and Simone Simon as young lovers whose imminent breakup heads toward tragedy but takes a fateful turn both sad and sweet. Le Plaisir is a delicate portrait of love and desire. A favourite film of Jean-Luc Godard who called it ""the greatest film made in France since the liberation"".

• La Bete Humaine | DVD | (07/01/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Severine and her husband Roubaud kill their former employer in a train. Engineer Jacques watches them but doesn't tell the police because he's in love with Severine. But in an epileptic attack he kills her.....

• La Ronde | Blu Ray | (17/06/2019) from £8.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Max Ophuls' wonderful film won a BAFTA and 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 so spins on the carousel of romantic life...

• La Ronde | DVD | (17/06/2019) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Max Ophuls' wonderful film won a BAFTA and 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 so spins on the carousel of romantic life...

• 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...

• The Devil And Daniel Webster | DVD | (25/07/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A classic morality tale, William Dieterle's The Devil and Daniel Webster, combines European expressionism with quintessential Americana and is based on a short story by celebrated author Stephen Vincent Benét. Echoing the legend of Faust, a poor farmer Jabez Stone (James Craig) makes a pact with the devil for seven years of prosperity in return for his soul. When the devil incarnate Mr. Scratch (Walter Huston) comes a-calling, Stone begins to have second thoughts, enlisting famed orator and folk hero Daniel Webster (Edward Arnold) to fight what becomes a case of life and death. The Devil and Daniel Webster won an Oscar for Best music score and Huston was nominated for Best Actor.

• The Extra Day | DVD | (16/06/2014) from £5.83   |  Saving you £4.16 (71.36%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Richard Basehart Simone Simon George Baker Sid James and Joan Hickson are among the stars of this engaging 'portmanteau' feature that takes a comical look at the usually obscure but oddly complicated lives of a group of film extras. Also featuring pop sensation Dennis Lotis and singer (and future Oliver! Star) Shani Wallis in a very early film role The Extra Day is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. At the end of the final day of filming one of the studio drivers loses the last can of film. The producer orders his assistant Joe Blake to track down all five extras involved in the last scene ensuring they are available the following morning for retakes. Joe knows them all: Steven Marlow ex-Commando officer; Barney West a broken-down prize fighter; Mr and Mrs Bliss now retiring after 40 years in the profession; and Toni Howard a Society girl bored with Society. Visiting each in turn he has a glimpse into their various private lives and fines comedy drama and tragedy. Special Features: Original Theatrical Trailer Image Gallery Original Promotional Material PDFs

• La Ronde | DVD | (08/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  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.

• Cat People | DVD | (24/03/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A film noir classic directed by the great Val Lewton! Irena (Simone Simon) a mysterious fashion artist falls in love but believes that she suffers from an ancient curse and whenever emotionally aroused will turn into a panther and savage her victims. Psychiatrist Dr. Judd (Tom Conway) tries to cure her.

• 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...

• Curse of the Cat People | DVD | (21/04/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A haunting sequel to Cat People (1942) co-directed by Robert Wise (The Haunting) in which Amy a young girl makes an imaginary friend through the ghost of her father's dead first wife Irena (Simon Simon) and befriends Julia Farren (Julia Dean) an aging reclusive actress who is also alienated from her own daughter.

• Gioacchino Rossini - La Cenerentola | DVD | (11/01/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Gioacchino Rossini: La Cenerentola