Eclipse from the Criterion Collection
Claude Autant-Lara—Four Romantic Escapes from Occupied France
Edition no. 45


Le mariage de Chiffon
| Lettres d’amour
| Douce
| Sylvie et le fantôme
Licensor
Gaumont
Directed by: Claude Autant-Lara
Featuring: Odette Joyeux, Madeleine Robinson, François Périer, André Luguet, Marguerite Moreno, Jacques Dumesnil, Pierre Larquey, Claude Marcy, Simone Renant, André Alerme, Roger Pigaut, Jean Desailly, Robert Le Vigan, Jean Debucourt, Gabrielle Fontan, Suzanne Dantès, Paul Demange, Marguerite Cassan, Jean Paredès, Julien Carette, Rognoni, Robert Vattier, Jacques Tati, Louis Salou
Too often overlooked after his work was spurned by the New Wave iconoclasts as being part of the “tradition of quality,” Claude Autant-Lara was one of France’s leading directors of the 1940s and ’50s. He began as a set and costume designer and went on to direct French-language versions of comedies in Hollywood, but it was back in his home country that Autant-Lara came into his own as a filmmaker. He found his sophisticated and slyly subversive voice with these four romances, produced during the dark days of the German occupation. Sumptuously appointed even while being critical of class hierarchy, these films—all made with the same corps of collaborators, including the charmingly impetuous star Odette Joyeux—endure as a testament to the quick wit and exquisite visual sense of the director whose name they established.
Technical Specifications
Format: DVD
Aspect Ratio:
1.33:1 , 1.37:1
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French 1.0 Dolby Digital Mono
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English
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1
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4 Discs |
DVD-5/DVD-9
Details by Film
Le mariage de Chiffon
Year: 1942
Time: 103
Aspect Ratio
1.37:1
Audio
French 1.0 Dolby Digital Mono
Lettres d’amour
Year: 1942
Time: 110
Aspect Ratio
1.37:1
Audio
French 1.0 Dolby Digital Mono
Douce
Year: 1943
Time: 109
Aspect Ratio
1.33:1
Audio
French 1.0 Dolby Digital Mono
Sylvie et le fantôme
Year: 1946
Time: 97
Aspect Ratio
1.33:1
Audio
French 1.0 Dolby Digital Mono
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