Malpertuis

Special Features (Blu-ray)

• Commentary by Harry Kümel and Francoise Levie
• Harry Kümel (HD; 19:43) is a new interview with the director.
• Jonathan Rigby (HD; 26:00) offers a lot of information and context in what may be the overall best starting place for those unacquainted with the film or its source novel.
• Malpertuis Archive (HD*; 3&:22) is a 2005 documentary by Erik Martens about the film which offers a ton of fantastic background on the actual production.
• Orson Welles Uncut (HD*; 25:54) offers interviews with the cast and crew and outtakes of Welles. This features Welles' actual voice.
• Susan Hampshire: One Actress, Three Parts (HD*; 11:43) is a 2005 piece with an interview with Hampshire as well as some screen tests and other comments by Harry Kümel and Gerry Fisher.
• Michel Bouquet and Harry Kümel (HD*; 13:36) is an archival television interview from 1971. Subtitled in English.
• Jean Ray, John Flanders 1887 - 1964 (HD*; 7:53) is a fascinating archival interview with the novel's author. Subtitled in English.
• Malpertuis Revisited (HD*; 4:54) features Harry Kümel revisiting some of the film's locations in 2005.
• Malpertuis: The Cannes Cut (HD; 1:43:52) is a really interesting "original" cut that was hastily edited for exhibition at the Cannes Film Festival, though Harry Kümel had nothing to do with it and disavowed it (hence the cut offered as the ostensible main feature on this disc). This cut utilizes different takes and also offers Orson Welles' original voice in the English version, with the French actors being dubbed. This is available with either English or French audio (in Dolby Digital Mono). It's described here as being offered as a "curio", but it's really rather intriguing on its own terms.
• Trailer (HD; 3:35)
• The Warden of the Tomb (HD; 36:43) is an early 1965 short film from Harry Kümel which adapts a 1917 play by Franz Kafka. This has several similarities to Malpertuis, though it's in black and white. Subtitled in English.

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