Pepe Le Moko (Criterion Collection) (1936) On DVD

Actor:           Jean Gabin, Gabriel Gabrio, Saturnin Fabre, Fernand Charpin, Lucas Gridoux                                                                                                                     
Director:      Julien Duvivier
Genre:          Foreign
Year:             1936
Studio:          Criterion
Length:         94
Released:    January 7, 2003
Rating:          Unrated (Video)
Format:         DVD
Misc:              NTSC, Black & White
Language:    French
Subtitles  :    English

DESCRIPTION:

The notorious Pepe le Moko (Jean Gabin, in a truly iconic performance) is a wanted man: women long for him, rivals hope to destroy him, and the law is breathing down his neck at every turn. On the lam in the labyrinthine Casbah of Algiers, Pepe is safe from the clutches of the police--until a Parisian playgirl compels him to risk his life and leave its confines once and for all. Once of the most influential films of the 20th century and a landmark of French poetic realism.

Special Features:

• New digital transfer, made from newly restored film elements
• 1962 French television interview with director Julien Duvivier
• Excerpts from the 1978 television documentary Remembering Jean Gabin
• Excerpts from Ginette Vincendeau's BFI Classics study of Pepe le Moko, addressing the historical background of the film's setting and the French crime novel genre
• A study of the lasting influence of Pepe on popular culture, including a special video comparison between Pepe and the 1938 U.S. remake Algiers
• New and improved English subtitle translation