Panique [Criterion Collection]

Director: Julien Duvivier Julien Duvivier

Overview

For his first French film in nearly a decade (he'd spent the war years in Hollywood), filmmaker Julien Duvivier chose to adapt Les Fiançailles de Monsieur Hire, a novel by Georges Simenon. Panique, as Duvivier's version was titled, is a twisted tale of murder, subterfuge and revenge from "Beyond." Middle-aged loner Monsieur Hire (Michel Simon) falls for his neighbor Alice (Viviane Romance) only to be framed for the murder commited by Alice's lover Alfred (Paul Bernard). The ending suggests that the actual culprits are going to get their well-deserved comeuppance, though exoneration comes a shade too late for the luckless Monsieur Hire. The Simenon book was filmed again in 1989, as the excellent Monsieur Hire, directed by Patrice Leconte, a film as bleakly pessimistic as the original, more in keeping with the style and tone of the literary source.

Product Details

Release Date:	12/18/2018
UPC:	0715515224116
Original Release:	1946
Rating:	NR
Source:	Criterion Collection
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[B&W]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:38:00
Sales rank:	31,142

Special Features

New 2K digital restoration; The Art of Subtitling, a new short documentary by Bruce Goldstein, founder and copresident of Rialto Pictures, about the history of subtitles; New interview with author Pierre Simenon, the son of novelist Georges Simenon; Conversation from 2015 between critics Guillemette Odicino and Eric Libiot about director Julien Dubibier and the films' prouction history; Rialto Picures rerelease trailer; New English subtitle translation by Duvivier expert Lenny Borger

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Michel Simon	M. Hire
Viviane Romance	Alice
Paul Bernard	Alfred
Charles Dorat	Michelet
Lucas Gridoux	M. Fortin
Max Dalban	Capoulade
Emile Drain	Breteuil,monsieur Breteuil
Guy Favieres	M. Sauvage
Louis Florencie	Inspector Marcelin
Louis Lions	Marco
Michel Ardan	Fernand
J.F. Martial	M. Joubet,monsieur Joubert
Lucien Paris	M. Branchu
Olivier Darrieux	Etienne
Balpo	Client
Marcel Pérès	Cermanutti
Guy Favières	monsieur Sauvage
Lita Recio	Viviane
Lucien Carol	l'inspecteur Benoît
Emma Lyonel	la cliente
Sylvain	Raphaël

Technical Credits

Charles Spaak

Julien Duvivier	Director
Pierre O'Connell	Producer
Charles Spaak	Screenwriter
José Bosch	Producer

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Panique (Criterion Collection)
1. Sensational News [10:51]
2. Love At First Sight [4:11]
3. Room With A View [1:41]
4. Monsieur Hirovitch [6:25]
5. Hunting Party [5:26]
6. Seven Thousand Francs [7:41]
7. Dr. Varga [9:43]
8. Indisputable [5:54]
9. The Purse [4:47]
10. A Special Day [10:46]
11. Engagement [4:39]
12. One Spark [3:26]
13. In The Name Of Justice [7:09]
14. The Show [15:49]

Menu

Disc #1 -- Panique (Criterion Collection)
   Play The Movie
   Chapters
   Supplements
      "The Art Of Subtitling"
      Pierre Simenon
      Guillemette Ocicino And Eric Libiot
   Trailer
   Subtitles
      Subtitles: On
      Subtitles: Off