Les Visiteurs du Soir [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Marcel Carné Marcel Carné

Overview

Originally released in 1942 as Les Visiteurs du Soir, The Devil's Envoys is another masterful collaboration between actress Arletty, writer Jacques Prevert and director Marcel Carne, who would team up one year later for the brilliant Les Enfants Du Paradis. The film is predicated on the 15th century French legend, wherein the Devil, disturbed by the encroaching forces of Good, sends his envoys to Earth to drive the citizens to despair. The Devil, played by Jules Berry in a subtly Hitler-like fashion (a chancy artistic decision in the days of the Occupation), is thwarted when his agents are unable to overcome the power of true love. Even after the lovers are turned to stone for defying His Satanic Majesty, their hearts continue to beat for each other.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/18/2012
UPC:	0715515098915
Original Release:	1942
Source:	Criterion Collection
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[B&W]
Sound:	[monaural]
Language:	English
Time:	2:01:00
Sales rank:	16,666

Special Features

L'aventure des "Visiteurs du soir," a 2009 documentary on the making of the film; Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Arletty	Dominique
Alain Cuny	Gilles
Jules Berry	Le diable,Actor
Marie Déa	Actor
Fernand Ledoux	Actor
Gabriel Gabrio	Actor
Marcel Herrand	Renaud
Pierre Labry	Actor
Jean d'Yd	Actor
Roger Blin	Actor
Claudye Carter	Actor
François Chaumette	Actor
Arsenio Freignac	Actor
Robert Hébert	Actor
Simone Signoret	une invitée
Joseph Kosma	Composer
Maurice Thiriet	Composer
Jean Darnel	un page
Guy Henry	Actor
Robert Le Béal	Actor
Marie-Thérèse Moissel	Actor
Piéral	un nain
Alain Resnais	Extra
Madeleine Rousset	Actor
Georges Sellier	Actor

Technical Credits

Jacques Prévert

Andre Paulve	Producer
Jacques Prévert	Screenwriter
André Paulvé	Producer
Jacques Lebreton	Sound Effects
Marcel Carné	Director