Before directing his first feature, Henri-Georges Clouzot (The Wages of Fear, Diabolique) spent ten years learning the ropes. During this prolific period as a screenwriter he learned cinematic grammar and began to forge his style. To better know and understand Henri-Georges Clouzot, you have to discover these rare films, of which he was one of the principal architects. Kino Classics is proud to present CLOUZOT: THE EARLY WORKS, which collects six varied features he worked on from 1931-1933: frothy comedies, boxing dramas, musicals and melodramas. The set includes his directorial debut – the short film The Terror of Batignolles (1931), which anticipates his canonical thrillers to come.

DISC 1:

Un soir de rafle AKA Dragnet Night (1931) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0153415/)
Je serai seule après minuit AKA I‘ll Be Alone After Midnight (1931) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0194054/)
Le chanteur inconnu AKA The Unknown Singer (1931) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0154306/)
La terreur des Batignolles AKA The Terror of Batignolles (1931) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022472/)

DISC 2:

Ma cousine de Varsovie AKA My Cousin from Warsaw (1931) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454887/)
La chanson d‘une nuit AKA Tell Me Tonight (1933) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209959/)
Château de rêve AKA Dream Castle (1933) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0171181/)