What an underrated great film.


I just saw this today, and hadn't heard anything about it. Well I had seen Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) and loved it, so I was looking forward to see this one. But it seems like no one has seen this? about 300 voters for this movie, and no one has started a topic here. Maybe people who like this are older or don't use much internet (or IMDb). But anyways.. Really a great piece. There's no need to make a "remake" if you have nothing new to say, but this movie is a good example about making a new story. If you're thinking about watching this, get up, and go get it. I won't start reviewing this film, people just have to see it :P

This actually was the first film I've seen from Jean-Renoir and I'm waiting to see more. And the music was great! 9/10.

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so unknown and so underrated



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Probably the best version of Jekyll & Hyde ever filmed. And the closest one to the book. Yes, it's updated to the present (of 1959); yes, it's in French; yes, the characters have different names. But otherwise it IS the book on screen.

AKAs as primary? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08Wbh6HOWwA

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Barrault's performance is Chaplinesque (he was also a mime)and manages to get some humor into the sadism of Hyde. I don't see drunkenness as a bad choice, since in many ways, Stevenson's novella is a tale about drug addiction.

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Yesterday I watched it on the big screen.
How wonderful to see an old master experimenting with new media like a young, energetic man. An excellent interpretation of the story. And I loved the way Barrault played the double role.

Btw, the scene with the French policemen searching on the rooftop gave me some vertigo, brr.



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and arthouse. A film is a goddam film."

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