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Les visiteurs du soir [videorecording (DVD)].

Criterion Collection, 2012.

Devil -- Drama.

Démon -- Films.

Criterion collection ; 626.

Alternate title:

Devil's envoys [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)].

1 videodisc (121 min) : Dolby digital mono. sd., b&w ; 12 cm. + 1 booklet.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1942.

DVD special edition features: New digital restoration ; L'aventure des Visiteurs du soir 2009 documentary on the making of the film ; trailer ; new English subtitle translation ; PLUS: a booklet featuring an essay by film critic Michael Atkinson.

In French with optional English subtitles.

Directed by Marcel Carné ; screenplay, Jacques Prévert, Pierre Laroche ; producer, André Paulvé.

Arletty, Marie Déa, Fernand Ledoux, Alain Cuny, Marcel Herrand and Jules Berry.

"A work of poetry and dark humor, Les Visiteurs Du Soir is a lyrical medieval fantasy from the great French director Marcel Carné. Two strangers dressed as minstrels (Arletty and Alain Cuny) arrive at a castle in advance of court festivities-and are revealed to be emissaries of the devil, dispatched to spread heartbreak and suffering. Their plans, however, are thwarted by an unexpected intrusion: human love. Often interpreted as an allegory for the Nazi occupation of France, during which it was made, Les Visiteurs Du Soir -wittily written by Jacques Prévert and Pierre Laroche, and elegantly designed by Alexandre Trauner and shot by Roger Hubert - is a moving and whimsical tale of love conquering all."--Container.

Films français.

Films fantastiques.

Films d'époque.

Carné, Marcel.

Arletty, 1898-1992.

Ledoux, Fernand, 1897-1993.

Herrand, Marcel.

Berry, Jules, 1883-1951.

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