Les visiteurs du soir
A work of poetry and dark humor, Les visiteurs du soir is a lyrical medieval fantasy from the great French director Marcel Carné. Two strangers dressed as minstrels (Arletty and Alain Cuny) arrive at a castle in advance of court festivities—and are revealed to be emissaries of the devil, dispatched to spread heartbreak and suffering. Their plans, however, are thwarted by an unexpected intrusion: human love. Often interpreted as an allegory for the Nazi occupation of France, during which it was made, Les visiteurs du soir—wittily written by Jacques Prévert and Pierre Laroche, and elegantly designed by Alexandre Trauner and shot by Roger Hubert—is a moving tale of love conquering all.
Special Features
- New digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- L’aventure des “Visiteurs du soir,” a 2009 documentary on the making of the film
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by film critic Michael Atkinson
Cover based on an original set design painting by Alexandre Trauner
Special Features
- New digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- L’aventure des “Visiteurs du soir,” a 2009 documentary on the making of the film
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by film critic Michael Atkinson
Cover based on an original set design painting by Alexandre Trauner
Cast
- Arletty
- Dominique
- Marie Déa
- Anne
- Fernand Ledoux
- Baron Hugues
- Alain Cuny
- Gilles
- Marcel Herrand
- Renaud
- Jules Berry
- The devil
Credits
- Screenplay
- Jacques Prévert
- Screenplay
- Pierre Laroche
- Producer
- André Paulvé
- Cinematography
- Roger Hubert
- Original music
- Joseph Kosma
- Original music
- Maurice Thiriet
- Art director
- Alexandre Trauner
- Editor
- Henri Rust
- Director
- Marcel Carné
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