Symphony for a Massacre (UK Import Region B BLU-RAY)
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