Port of Shadows (Le Quai Des Brumes) (1938) on Blu-ray

Actor: Michel Simon, Michele Morgan
Director: N/A
Genre: Drama
Year: 1938
Studio: KL Studio Classics
Length: 91
Released: 8/13/2019
Rating: Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format: Blu-ray
Misc/Special Features: NTSC, Anamorphic, Special Features: Introduction by Professor/Film Critic Ginette Vincendeau, On the Port of the Shadows - Documentary, Theatrical Trailer.
Language: English
Subtitles : Yes

DESCRIPTION:

Port of Shadows (Le Quai Des Brumes) is director Marcel Carné’s (Children of Paradise) controversial adaptation of the Pierre Mac Orlan novel of the same name. Down a foggy, desolate road to the port city of Le Havre travels Jean (Jean Gabin, Touchez Pas Au Grisbi), an army deserter looking for another chance at life. Fate, however, has a different plan for him, when acts of both revenge and kindness turn him into front-page news. Port of Shadows starkly portrays an underworld of lonely souls wrestling with their own destinies, a quintessential example of poetic realism, one of the classics of the golden age of French cinema. Co-starring the blue-eyed phenomenon Michèle Morgan (The Chase) in her first major role and the menacing Michel Simon (The Train), with stunning cinematography by Eugen Schüfftan (The Hustler).