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Mr. Klein
Uniform Title
Monsieur Klein (Motion picture)
Title
Mr. Klein / Lira Films, Adel Productions, Nova Films, Mondial Televisione Film ; produced by Alain Delon ; written by Franco Solinas ; directed by Joseph Losey.
ISBN
9781681439341
1681439344
Publication
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2022]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 1976.
Wide screen (1.66:1).
Special features: Interviews with critic Michel Ciment and editor Henri Lanoë; Interviews from 1976 with director Joseph Losey and actor Alain Delon; Story of a day, a 1986 documentary on the real-life Vél d'Hiv roundup, a central historical element of Mr. Klein; Trailer; essay by Ginette Vinvendeau.
French dialogue; English subtitles.
César Awards: Best Film, Best Director, 1977
Summary
Alain Delon delivers a standout performance as Robert Klein, a decadent art dealer in Paris during World War II who makes a tidy profit buying up paintings from his desperate Jewish clients. As Klein searches for a Jewish man with the same name for whom he has been mistaken, he finds himself plunged into a Kafkaesque nightmare in which his identity seems to dissolve and the forces of history to close in on him. Met with considerable controversy on its release for its portrayal of the real-life wrongdoings of the Vichy government, this haunting, disturbingly beautiful film shivers with existential dread as it traces a society's descent into fascistic fear and inhumanity.
Variant and related titles
Mister Klein
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
French
Added to Catalog
May 17, 2022
Series
The Criterion collection ; 1123
Cast
Alain Delon, Jeanne Moreau, Michel Lonsdale.
System details note
Blu-ray, wide screen (1.66:1); mono; requires Blu-ray player.
Videorecording number
CC3355BD The Criterion Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
Drama.
Feature films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Historical films.
Detective and mystery films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Thrillers (Films)
Films de fiction.
Also listed under
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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