World Noir, Volume 3

Three-disc set includes: Not Guilty (Non Coupable) (1947)Disrespected, alcoholic small-town doctor Michel Ancelin (Michel Simon) was driving drunk when he fatally struck a motorcyclist... and then successfully altered the crime scene to make the victim appear at fault. Chastened by the incident-at first-the physician's resolve to be a better person gave way to the belief that if he got away with it once, he could do so again. Henri Decoin's dark humor-leavened opus co-stars Jany Holt, Jean Debucourt. 95 min. In French with English subtitles. BW/Rtg: NR Girl With Hyacinths (Flicka Och Hyacinter) (1950)After isolated young pianist Dagmar Brink (Eva Henning) hanged herself in her apartment, she was found to have left her worldly goods to next-door neighbors Anders and Britt Wikner (Ulf Palme, Birgit Tengroth). Compelled to try and understand her motivations, Anders started asking questions amongst Dagmar's small circle-and it's an inquiry he may regret making. Moody drama from director Hasse Ekman also stars Anders Ek, Marianne Löfgren. 89 min. In Swedish with English subtitles. BW/Rtg: NR The Lost Man (Der Verlorene) (1951)During WWII, government scientist Karl Rothe (Peter Lorre) discovered that his fiancée (Renate Mannhardt) not only leaked his secrets to the Allies, but slept with the Gestapo agent (Karl John) who found her out. His subsequent rage-murder of her was whitewashed by the Nazis-but that couldn't assuage the compulsion to kill that had awakened inside him. Lorre's underseen one-and-done effort as director and writer also stars Helmuth Rudolph, Johanna Hofer. 98 min. In German with English subtitles. BW/Rtg: NR Standard; Soundtracks: French, Swedish, German; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; featurettes; more. In French, Swedish and German with English subtitles. Region Free