A marvellous rediscovery from the golden age of French cinema Jacques Feyder's Le Grand jeu is a tragic doppleg'nger romance steered by the fate of the tarot card and set against the dizzying exoticism of 1930s Morocco. When scandalous Parisian playboy Pierre Martel is forced by his family to leave France and his adored lover Florence (Marie Bell) he begins a new life in the Foreign Legion as Pierre Muller. Drowning his regrets in camaraderie whores and hell-raising he is astonished at meeting Irma (also Marie Bell) a prostitute with an uncanny resemblance to his beloved... and begins a fitful scheme to allow her escape. An early benchmark of poetic realism and a fascinating precursor to both Duvivier's P''p'' le Moko and Hitchcock's Vertigo Feyder's fluid masterful storytelling make this a unique classic of the screen: vividly forceful yet subtle acutely observed yet fantastic world-weary yet tender. [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A marvellous rediscovery from the golden age of French cinema Jacques Feyder&39;s Le Grand jeu is a tragic doppelgänger romance steered by the fate of the tarot card and set against the dizzying exoticism of 1930s Morocco When scandalous Parisian playboy Pierre Martel is forced by his family to leave France and his adored lover Florence (Marie Bell) he begins a new life in the Foreign Legion as Pierre Muller Drowning his regrets in camaraderie whores and hell-raising he is astonished at meeting Irma (also Marie Bell) a prostitute with an uncanny resemblance to his beloved and begins a fitful scheme to allow her escape An early benchmark of poetic realism and a fascinating precursor to both Duvivier&39;s Pépé le Mokoand Hitchcock&39;s Vertigo Feyder&39;s fluid masterful storytelling make this a unique classic of the screen vividly forceful yet subtle acutely observed yet fantastic world-weary yet tender SPECIAL FEATURES - Beautiful digital transfer officially licensed from Pathé s film restoration - New English subtitle translation - PLUS A booklet featuring a new essay by French cinema scholar Ginette Vincendeau newly translated writings by Feyder reminiscences by his collaborators and production stills
Classic 1930s French drama from director Jacques Feyder. After a scandal involving his former lover Florence (Marie Bell), disgraced playboy Pierre Martel (Pierre Richard-Willm) joins the Foreign Legion in an effort to forget. But a chance encounter with local prostitute Irma (Bell), who happens to bear an uncanny resemblance to his former lover, soon leads him to an unimaginable fate.
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