Release Date: March 4, 2025
Prices and Links:
Criterion- $34.96 (4K+Blu-ray) , $27.96 (Blu-ray only)
OrbitDVD- $33.99 (4K+Blu-ray) , $25.99 (Blu-ray only)
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Writers: Georges Arnaud, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jérôme Géronimi
Starring: Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Folco Lulli, Peter van Eyck, Véra Clouzot
In a squalid South American oil town, four desperate men sign on for a suicide mission to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin over a treacherous mountain route. As they ferry their explosive cargo to a faraway oil fire, each bump and jolt tests their courage, their friendship, and their nerves. The result is one of the greatest thrillers ever committed to celluloid, a white-knuckle ride from France’s legendary master of suspense Henri-Georges Clouzot.
Prices and Links:
Criterion- $34.96 (4K+Blu-ray) , $27.96 (Blu-ray only)
OrbitDVD- $33.99 (4K+Blu-ray) , $25.99 (Blu-ray only)
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Writers: Georges Arnaud, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jérôme Géronimi
Starring: Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Folco Lulli, Peter van Eyck, Véra Clouzot
- France
- 1953
- 152 minutes
- Black & White
- 1:37:1 (4K UHD); 1.33:1 (Blu-ray and DVD)
- French, Spanish, English, Italian, German
In a squalid South American oil town, four desperate men sign on for a suicide mission to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin over a treacherous mountain route. As they ferry their explosive cargo to a faraway oil fire, each bump and jolt tests their courage, their friendship, and their nerves. The result is one of the greatest thrillers ever committed to celluloid, a white-knuckle ride from France’s legendary master of suspense Henri-Georges Clouzot.
4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- Interviews with assistant director Michel Romanoff and Marc Godin, biographer of director Henri-Georges Clouzot
- Interview with actor Yves Montand from 1988
- Henri-Georges Clouzot: The Enlightened Tyrant, a 2004 documentary on the director’s career
- Censored, an analysis of cuts made to the film for its 1955 U.S. release
- Program on the film’s 4K restoration
- Trailers
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by novelist Dennis Lehane and a compilation of interviews with the cast and crew of the film