The immortal story
DVD - 2016
A wealthy merchant in nineteenth century Macao becomes obsessed with bringing to life an oft-related anecdote about a rich man who gives a poor sailor a small sum of money to impregnate his wife.
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- Subjects
- Genres
- Made-for-TV movies
Television adaptations
Television programs France
Video recordings for the hearing impaired - Published
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[Irvington, New York] :
The Criterion Collection
[2016]
- Language
- English
French - Other Authors
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- Edition
- Two-disc special edition ; DVD edition ; widescreen
- Item Description
- From a short story by Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen)
Widescreen (1.66:1).
Originally produced in 1968 and broadcast on French television, later released in theaters.
Includes both English and French versions.
New, restored 4k digital transfer of the English-language version of the film.
Special features: audio commentary from 2005 featuring film scholar Adrian Martin; portrait: Orson Welles, a 1968, documentary directed by François Reichenbach and Frédéric Rossif; new interview with actor Norman Eshley; itnerview from 2004 with cinematographer Willy Kurant; new interview with Welles scholar François Thomas; essay by film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum. - Physical Description
- 2 videodiscs (58 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- Format
- DVD, NTSC, region 1.
- Production Credits
- Cinematography, Willy Kurant ; editors, Claude Farny, Françoise Garnault,Yonade Mauette, Marcelle Pluet ; music, Erik Satie, from Aldo Ciccolini and Jean-Joþël Barbier.
- ISBN
- 9781681431932
- disc 1. Feature film (English and French versions)
- disc 2. Supplements.
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