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Josef von Sternberg's witty send-up of the Hollywood machine, starring the Academy Award winning Emil Jannings Emil Jannings stars in the film which won the ...
Crime masterpiece, starring Robert Mitchum and Peter Boyle, from the director of BULLITT Peter Yates, the Oscar-nominated director of riveting crime classics ...
The film that most firmly established the talent of French director Raymond Bernard before his epic adaptation of Victor Hugo’s Les misérables, Wooden Crosses [Le croix de bois] was widely hailed at the time of its release in 1932 for its searing depiction of the horrors of the European front during World War I; subsequently, Bernard was named soldier of honour of the 39th Infantry Division. Adapted from a novel by Roland Dorgelès (a former corporal of the 39th), Wooden Crosses offers a kaleidoscope of cinematographic technique to present a visceral, enveloping recreation of one regiment’s experience of battlefield hell. (Its entire cast is comprised of war veterans.) It is an epic tapestry that rivals John Ford’s Four Sons and Lewis Milestone’s All Quiet on the Western Front in both its poetry of trauma and steadfastness of conviction that war must be held in contempt. From a gorgeous new Pathé restoration carried out for the centenary for the start of the Great War, Raymond Bernard’s Wooden Crosses retains a ferocity that continues to reverberate across generations.
Before Ernst Lubitsch created his eminently sophisticated Hollywood sex comedies, he was at work in Germany perfecting his earliest entries into the genre, alongside sweeping ironic dramas based on historical events and often set in exotic locales. One of his earliest successes merged elements of both modes: Madame DuBarry. A recounting-à-la-Lubitsch of the torrid affair between the title character (Pola Negri) and France's King Louis XV (Emil Jannings, who would go on to portray Henry VIII in Lubitsch's Anna Boleyn of the following year -- a film that neatly bookends Madame DuBarry), the picture spans scandalous intrigue at the court and the ring of the guillotine among the riotous mobs of the Revolution. Also included in this edition is Lubitsch's earliest surviving film, the 1916 Als ich tot war [When I Was Dead], which stars the director himself in a lead role that involves his faked suicide and (prefiguring the later Die Puppe.) an infiltration of the domestic space whilst in disguise (not as an automaton, but as a servant). Eureka! Entertainment to release MADAME DUBARRY, the historical epic of the life of the favourite mistress of King Louis XV, in a Dual Format (Blu-ray & DVD) edition as part of their award-winning The Masters of Cinema Series on 22 September 2014.
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The film launched the career of the legendary Marlene Dietrich and her multi-film collaboration with Josef von Sternberg, and stars Emil Jannings, the famous German actor of such classics as Faust, The Last Laugh, and The Last Command. The Blue Angel showcases Dietrich in performance singing many of the songs that would take on the status of trademarks throughout her long career. "A remarkable performance from Emil Jannings." -- Kim Newman, EMPIRE Magazine "Not only is Mr. Jannings's and Miss Dietrich's acting excellent, but they are supported by an unusually competent cast." -- New York Times "Exceptionally high drama for its day, this tragic, tragic tale is one of the best examples of well-realized filmmaking from the first half of the 20th century." -- Filmcritic.com THE BLUE ANGEL [DER BLAUE ENGEL] will be released as part of Eureka Entertainment's MASTERS OF CINEMA Series in a DUAL FORMAT (Blu-ray & DVD) edition on 28 January 2013 Available to pre-order from: Amazon http://amzn.to/Suq2bM HMV http://bit.ly/YdY0Gg Play http://tidd.ly/5a0cdd5c The Hut http://tidd.ly/ea3a7f2e Movie Mail http://bit.ly/YxdvYL Original 1930s Trailer for THE BLUE ANGEL [DER BLAUE ENGEL] http://youtu.be/A1HaEQ6CZII For further information about Masters of Cinema http://www.eurekavideo.co.uk/moc/
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