THE GOLDEN COACH
La Carrozza D'Oro \ Le Carrosse D'Or

Anna Magnani, as Camilla, the leading lady of a touring Commedia Dell'Arte theatrical troupe, provokes the amorous attention of three men; a bullfighter (Rioli), a soldier (Campbell) and the Viceroy (Lament). Each man sees in Camilla their perfect mate---but for completely different reasons---while neither can see Camilla as she sees herself. Romantic jealousies, a colorful recreation of the commedia dell'arte, and an insightful view of the interrelationship between art and life and round out this nearly perfect Renoir film.

“…a rich illustration of the theme of the tension between life and theater”—Holt’s Foreign Film Guide

This NYFA VIDEO edition is the original English filmed version shot by Renoir; "The Golden Coach was shot in English in Italy by a French director. I am not responsible for the dialogue in the French (dubbed) version" ---Jean Renoir.

Directed by Jean Renoir. Screenplay by Renoir, Jack Kirkland, Renzo Avanzo, Giulio Macchi, Ginette Doynel, from the play by Prosper Merimee. Photography; Claude Renoir. Music; Vivaldi, adapted by Gino Marinozzi. Cast; Anna Magnani, Odoardo Spararo, Duncan Lamont, Ricardo Rioli, Paul Campbell, Nada Fiorelli, George Higgins, Jean Debucourt, Dante Rino, Gisella Matthews.

Italy. 1953. Color, 105 min. Filmed in English by Renoir.
ISBN 1-55881-243-1
$29.95

LA BETE HUMAINE
The Human Beast

Jean Gabin Gives one of his finest performances as a train engineer who is subject to homicidal fits of rage. An affair with the stationmaster's wife leads to a terrible tragedy as she tries to have him kill her husband.

Directed by Jean Renoir. Script; Jean Renoir from the story by Emile Zola. Photo; Curt Courant. Music; Joseph Cosma. Cast; Jean Gabin & Simone Simon.

France, 1938 104 min. Subtitled.
ISBN 1-55881-239-3
$29.95

LA MARSEILLAISE

Renoir's epic filming of the French Revolution, beginning with the events of 1789 & leading up to the storming of the Bastille & the birth of the French republic.

France 1938 135m Subtitled
ISBN: 1-55881-237-7
$29.95

THE ELUSIVE CORPORAL
The Vanishing Corporal / Le Caporal Epingle

A Young corporal, held by the Germans in a WWII prison camp, dedicates himself to escaping and returning to fight for his country.

“Finely photographed in misty winter landscapes that are evocative without being depressing, it's wry, touching and entertaining, while suggesting echoes of Renoir's World War I masterpiece, La Grande Illusion.”—Holt’s Foreign Film Guide.

Directed by Jean Renoir. Script; Jean Renoir, Guy Lefranc. Photo; Georges Leclere. Music; Joseph Kosma. Cast; Jean-Pierre Cassel, Claude Brasseur, O,E, Hasse, Claude Rich, Jacques Jouanneau, Mario David.

France 1962 110m English dubbed version.
ISBN 1-55881-241-5
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LE DEJUNER SUR L'HERBE
Lunch On The Grass / Picnic On The Grass

Renoir’s allegorical fable on the mechanization of life and the battle between science and nature. A pompous Parisian professor who is candidate for president of "The United States of Europe", is running on a platform of ideas meant to free man from wasted time. The most curious is his belief that love and sex can be replaced by artificial insemination. While on a scientific survey in the countryside, his views are suddenly changed by a very earthy peasant woman played by the sexy Rouvel, in her debut film.

Directed by Jean Renoir. Script; Jean Renoir. Photo; Georges Leclere. Music; Joseph Kosma. Cast; Paul Meurisse, Catherine Rouvel, Fernand Sardou, Ingrid Nordine.

France 1959 93m color subtitled.
ISBN 1-55881-242-3
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GRAND ILLUSION
La Grande Illusion

Two French officers are held in a prison camp run by a career officer. A strange friendship develops between the men as they realize that they are not each other's enemy; the enemy is war itself, A powerful film about the senselessness and fading glory of war rather than it's horrors.

“The fluid, deep-focus camerawork, the set pieces such as the singing of the 'Marseilles' during theatricals, and the extraordinary performances make it one of the cinema's most enduring masterpieces” — Holt’s Foreign Film Guide.

Voted one of the ten greatest films ever made.
Awarded a special prize at Venice.

Directed by Jean Renoir. Script; Jean Renoir, Charles Spaak. Photo; Christian Matras, Claude Renoir. Music; Joseph Kosma Cast; Pierre Fresnay, Erich Von Stroheim, Jean Gabin, Marcel Dalio, Julien Carette, Gaston Modot, Dita Parlo, Jean Dasti.

1937 115 minute, French dialogue. English subtitled version,
ISBN 1-55881-238-5
$29.95

THE RULES OF THE GAME
La Regle Du Jeu

A mixed group of upper-class types assemble at the chateau of a wealthy man and conduct romantic and social intrigues that eventually lead to tragedy. With its mixture of comedy, tragedy, melodrama, farce and realism, this satire on upper-class French decadence is often considered Renoir's masterpiece.

What Renoir described as the "exact depiction of the bourgeois of our time" was not appreciated by audiences of the day. The more bitter criticisms were excised from the film to create an 85 minute “comedy” which was also rejected. As WWII began, the film was banned altogether as being “too demoralizing”. It was only in 1956, when re-released in its original length, that the film was acclaimed one of the great masterpieces of the world cinema.

Voted one of the ten greatest films ever made.

Directed by Jean Renoir. Script; Jean Renoir, Carl Koch. Photo; Jean Bachelet. Music Joseph Kosma, Mozart, Monsigny, Saint-Saens, Johann Strauss. Cast; Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, Jean Renoir, Mila Parey, Julien Carette, Gaston Modot, Poland Toutain, Paulette Dubost.

France 1939 113mins Subtitled
ISBN: 1-55881-240-7
$29.95

THE SOUTHERNER

Poetic drama of a poor southern farmer's struggle to raise his crops and support his family. Despite a never-ending succession of natural and manmade problems, he goes on...like nature. Probably the best of the films French director Jean Renoir made in America, with a unique near documentary-like style typical of Renoir. Renoir produced the film independently with Burgess Meredith, among others.

Best Director, Venice International Film Festival International Grand Prix

Directed by Jean Renoir. Cast; Zachary Scott, Betty Field, Beulah Bond, J Carrol Naish, Percy Kilbride.. Academy Award Nomination;

USA 1945 91m ISBN: 1-55881-066-8
$29.95

BOUDU SAVED FROM DROWNING
Boudu Sauve Des Eaux

Mr. Lestingois pulls Boudu out of the Scine River after Boudu tries to commit suicide. Soon, Boudu finds himself as guest in the Lestingois home and proceeds to seduce both Mrs. Lestingois and the maid. This film served as the basis for "Down and Out in Beverly Hills".

“The last and best of the four films that Renoir made with the extraordinary simian-faced Michel Simon, an exhilarating mixture of farce and drama through which runs the spirit of anarchy fighting bourgeois convention.” —Holt’s Foreign Film Guide

Directed by and script; Jean Renoir. Based on a play by Rene Fauchois. Photo; Marcel Lucien. Cast; Michel Simon, Charles Grandval, Marcelle Hainia, Severine Lerczinska, Jean Daste, Max Dalban, Jacques Becker, Jane Pierson & George Darnoux. Score by Leo Danidererff.

1932 87m subtitled
ISBN 1-55881-236-9
$29.95

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