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Welcome to our foreign films page, featuring foreign movies in video and DVD format in languages from a host of countries. Note: unless stated otherwise, all videocassettes are in VHS and NTSC format, and all DVDs are for players that support Region 1 encoding (United States and Canada) and are in NTSC format. Check our DVD Compatibility FAQ for more information about region encoding, television formats, and other specifications. If you can't find what you need, please email us.
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The Wages of Fear Henri-Georges Clouzot An exercise in terror and suspense, this uncut version stars Yves Montand and Charles Vanel as uncertain comrades trapped in a South American village who identify because they are both French and both penniless. Desperate for a job, they agree to drive two trucks filled with nitroglycerine 300 miles over treacherous roads. Basil Wright called this film "the greatest suspense thriller of all time; it is the suspense not of mystery but of Damocles' sword." French with English subtitles. France, 1953, 148 mins. DVD | $44.95
Diabolique Henri-Georges Clouzot The sadistic headmaster of a boys school is murdered by his tremulous wife and vengeful mistress in this classic French thriller. They dump the body, but suddenly the deceased appears in a recent school photograph. The suspense builds to an explosive climax. With Simone Signoret, Vera Clouzot, Paul Meurisse and Charles Vanel. French with English subtitles. France, 1955, 116 mins. DVD | $44.95
The Mystery of Picasso Henri-Georges Clouzot "...one of the most joyful of all records of an artist at work" (Pauline Kael, The New Yorker). This exhilarating feature by Henri-Georges Clouzot (Diabolique, The Wages of Fear) doesn't try to explain Picasso's life or genius. It simply shows the man at work, using time-lapse and playful stop-motion techniques to show Picasso creating 20 works in 75 minutes. Amazingly, all 20 (created expressly for the film) were intentionally destroyed so they exist only through this movie. The cinematographer was Claude Renoir, grandson of August Renoir. Filmed in standard and widescreen framings. The DVD is letterboxed, and includes Alain Resnais' Guernica (France, 1950, 13 mins.) and audio commentaries by Peggy Parsons of the National Gallery of Art and Archie Rand, muralist and senior professor of visual arts, Columbia University. France, 1956, 75 mins. DVD | $44.95
