Le corbeau The raven

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A mysterious writer of poison pen letters, known only as Le Corbeau, plagues a French provincial town, unwittingly exposing the collective suspicion and rancor seething beneath the community's calm surface. Brilliantly captures the spirit of paranoid pettiness and self-loathing turning an occup...

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Main Author: Aubin, Tony (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Continental Filmes, Tobis Filmkunst GmbH, Criterion Collection (Firm), Janus Films, Studio Canal
Other Authors: Clouzot, H.-G. (Henri-Georges), Chavance, Louis, Fresnay, Pierre, 1897-1975, Leclerc, Ginette, 1912-1992, Francey, Micheline, 1919-1969, Manson, Héléna, 1898-1994, Fusier-Gir, Jeanne, Sylvie, 1883-1970, Larquey, Pierre, 1884-1962, Roquevert, Noël, Hayer, Nicolas, 1898-1978, Tavernier, Bertrand, Williams, Alan Larson
Format: Video
Language:French
English
Published: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, ©2004.
Series:Criterion collection ; 227.
Subjects:
Letter writing > Drama.
Anonymous letters > Drama.
Suspicion > France > Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 > Occupied territories > Drama.
Motion pictures > France.
Feature films.
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Summary:A mysterious writer of poison pen letters, known only as Le Corbeau, plagues a French provincial town, unwittingly exposing the collective suspicion and rancor seething beneath the community's calm surface. Brilliantly captures the spirit of paranoid pettiness and self-loathing turning an occupied French town into a twentieth-century Salem style witch-hunt--Container.
Item Description:Some credits from container and booklet.
Originally released as a French motion picture in 1943.
Full screen format (aspect ratio 1.33:1).
Recorded in Dolby digital mono.
"RSDL dual-layer edition"--Container.
Booklet (ill.) inserted in container.
Special features: video interview with Bertrand Tavernier; excerpts from "The story of French cinema by those who made it : grand illusions, 1939-1942," a 1975 documentary featuring Henri-Georges Clouzot; new essay by film scholar Alan Williams; theatrical trailer.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, Region 1.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Nicolas Hayer ; original music, Tony Aubin ; set decorator, André Andrejew ; DVD producer, Issa Clubb.
ISBN:0780027868
9780780027862

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