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Tire-au-flanc
(1928)

This early sound feature comedy, directed by Jean Renoir, stars Michel Simon and Georges Pomiès, with Félix Oudart, Jean Storm, Paul Velsa, Louis Zellas, Manuel Raaby, Roland Caillaux, André Cerf, Fridette Fatton and Jeanne Helbling.

Les Films du Jeudi
201? DVD edition

Tire-au-flanc (1928), black & white, 83 minutes, not rated.

Les Films du Jeudi, EDV 701, UPC 3-530941-019481.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 2 PAL DVD disc; 1.20:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 576 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; French language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; unknown suggested retail price.
Release date: 201?
Country of origin: France

This DVD edition has likely been mastered from a 35mm or 16mm reduction print. Note that there are no English language subtitles in this edition.

The film is accompanied by its original synchronized soundtrack.

Supplemental material includes the featurette “La direction d’acteur par Jean Renoir” in French (22 minutes); and filmographies for Jean Renoir and Michel Simon.

This is our recommended home video edition of the film. North American collectors will need a region-free PAL DVD player capable of outputting an NTSC-compatible signal to view this edition.

This Region 2 PAL DVD edition is available from . . .

Ren Chateau Vidéo
2008 DVD edition

Tire-au-flanc (1928), black & white, 87 minutes, not rated.

Ren Chateau Vidéo,
no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 2 PAL DVD disc; 1.20:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 576 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; French language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; unknown suggested retail price.
Release date: 10 January 2008.
Country of origin: France

This DVD edition has likely been mastered from a 35mm or 16mm reduction print. Note that there are no English language subtitles in this edition.

The film is accompanied by its original synchronized soundtrack.

North American collectors will need a region-free PAL DVD player capable of outputting an NTSC-compatible signal to view this edition.

This Region 2 PAL DVD edition is available from . . .

Other FRENCH FILMS of the silent era available on home video.

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