Charles Vanel
5 films on Best Blurays4 in 4K1 with no official release
Biography from Wikipedia via TMDB
4 in 4K
UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming
Leading role · Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Criterion 4K Blu-ray > BFI 4K Blu-ray. caps Criterion presents the master as originally graded in SDR whereas FiM added HDR / Dolby Vision for the BFI.
Criterion 4K Blu-ray's audio mix has more detail than BFI’s and same applies to the subtitles, covering both English and France spoken word
Supporting role · Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
France Coin Germany mire Cinema 4K Blu-ray
(not English friendly)
Arrow Blu-ray is the less manipulated track, but according to cbc: "I find it sounds a bit shrill at times, and the 4K Blu-ray is not bad at all, it does lose some high freq detail but I would probably prefer it for watching"
Supporting role · Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
2024 Paramount "Presents" 4K
Although there are reviews that called it disappointing. It is also regarded as a vast improvement over all previous versions by many others as well.
This is a problematic release, because while scenes like the aerial shots at the beginning looked pristine and shows new detail, many others are suspiciously identical across all three Blu-ray releases (the 2012, 2020 and this 2024).
Some defects on this are unfixed from the 2020 Blu-ray for some reason. (See this review and its discussion.)
Small role · Director: Sacha Guitry
Sources: fnac.com (opens in a new tab)
Rimini France 4K Blu-ray see link, however not english-friendly
1 with no official release
Unofficial sources only, no home media, or lost
Leading role · Director: René Clair
Sources: filmforum.org (opens in a new tab)
La Cinémathèque Française has restored DCP, no home release
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