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Symphony for a Massacre (UK Import Region B BLU-RAY) Release Date June 24/25

Symphony for a Massacre (UK Import Region B BLU-RAY) Release Date June 24/25

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UK Import. Blu-Ray is Region B locked, will only play on All Region Blu-Ray players.

Five gangsters raise the cash to buy a large shipment of drugs which they plan to sell on. One of the gang however plans to secretly rob his partners, beginning a spiral of violence and deception that leaves a trail of bodies across France. Fiendishly plotted with a twisty script from José Giovanni (Le trou) and Claude Sautet (Classe tous risques), adapting a novel by Reynaud-Fourton, Symphony for a Massacre sees the French master of the mystery thriller Jacques Deray (La piscine) directing with with real energy and verve. With support from a remarkable cast of France’s finest character actors,  and stunning photography by Claude Renoir (La grande illusion), this is French crime cinema of the highest quality. 

SPECIAL FEATURES

  • 2K restoration by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, presented on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK
  • Original uncompressed mono PCM audio
  • Includes both the uncensored original cut (114 mins) and the re-edited distribution cut (113 mins), featuring alternate ending
  • Audio commentary with film historian Olaf Möller (2020)
  • New interview with writer and programmer Margaret Deriaz (2024, 19 mins)
  • Newsreel footage from the film set featuring behind-the-scenes images and an interview with Käutner (1960, 4 mins)
  • Trailer
  • Optional English subtitles