Panique
(DVD)

Title and credits from screen.

Based on Georges Simenon's novel Les fiançailles de Mr. Hire.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1946.

Aspect ratio 1.37:1

Features: New 2K digital restoration; The Art of Subtitling, a new short documentary by Bruce Goldstein, founder and copresident of Rialto Pictures, about the history of subtitles; New interview with author Pierre Simenon, the son of novelist Georges Simenon; Conversation from 2015 between critics Guillemette Odicino and Eric Libiot about director Julien Duvivier and the film's production history; Rialto Pictures re-release trailer; New English subtitle translation by Duvivier expert Lenny Borger; Folded insert with essays by film scholar James Quandt and Borger.

Director of photography, Nicolas Hayer ; editor, Marthe Poncin ; music, Jean Wiéner ; songs, Jacques Ibert.

Viviane Romance, Michel Simon, Max Dalban, Emile Drain, Guy Favières, Florencie, Charles Dorat, Lucas Gridoux, Marcel Pérès, Lita Recio, Paul Bernard.

"Proud, eccentric, and antisocial, Monsieur Hire (Michel Simon) has always kept to himself. But after a woman turns up dead in the Paris suburb where he lives, he feels drawn to a pretty young newcomer to town (Viviane Romance). [He] discovers that his neighbors are only too ready to suspect the worst of him, and is framed for the murder. Based on a novel by Georges Simenon, Julien Duvivier's first film after his return to France from Hollywood finds the acclaimed poetic realist applying his consummate craft to darker, moodier ends. Propelled by its two deeply nuanced lead performances, the tensely noirish Panique exposes the dangers of the knives-out mob mentality, delivering as well a pointed allegory for the behavior of Duvivier's countrymen during the war"--Container.

DVD format; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (1.37:1 aspect ratio); 4:3 presentation; Dolby Digital monaural; black & white.

French dialogue with optional English subtitles.