"Before directing his first feature, Henri-Georges Clouzot (The Wages of Fear, Diabolique) spent ten years learning the ropes. During this prolific period as a screenwriter he learned cinematic grammar and began to forge his style. To better know and understand Henri-Georges Clouzot, you have to discover these rare films, of which he was one of the principal architects. Kino Classics and Lobster Films are proud to present CLOUZOT: THE EARLY WORKS, which collects six varied features he worked on from 1931-1933: frothy comedies, boxing dramas, musicals and melodramas. The set includes his directorial debut - the short film The Terror of Batignolles (1931), which anticipates his canonical thrillers to come"--Container.

Full screen. Originally produced as motion pictures between 1931 and 1933. Accompanying booklet contains an essay by Peter Tonguette.

Disc 1.Ma cousine de Varsovie = My cousin from Warsaw (1931) / directed by Carmine Gallone ; screenplay by Henri-Georges Clouzot ; cast, Elvire Popesco, André Roanne, Madeleine Lambert, Gustave Gallet (87 min.) -- Un soir de rafle = Dragnet night (1931) / directed by Carmine Gallone ; screenplay by Henri Decoin, Henri-Georges Clouzot ; cast: Albert Préjean, Lucien Baroux, Edith Méra, Lerner, Anabella (104 min.) -- Disc 2. Le chanteur inconnu = The unknown singer (1931) / directed by Victor Tourjansky ; screenplay by Pierre-Gilles Veber, Henri Decoin, Henri-Georges Clouzot ; cast: Lucien Muratore, Simone Cerdan, Jim Gérald, Simone Simon (85 min.) -- Je serai seule après minuit = I'll be alone after midnight (1931) / directed by Jacques de Baroncelli ; screenplay by Henri-Georges Clouzot, Pierre-Gilles Veber ; cast, Mireille Perrey, Pierre Bertin (57 min.) -- La terreur des Batignolles = The terror of Batignolles (1931) / directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot ; screenplay by Jacques de Baroncelli ; cast: Louis-Jacques Boucot, Germaine Aussey, Jean Wall (16 min.) -- Disc 3. La chanson d'une nuit = Tell me tonight (1932) / directed by Anatole Litvak ; French adaptation by Henri-Georges Clouzot from a script by Irma von Cube ; cast: Jan Kiépura, Magda Schneider; Pierre Brasseur (86 min.) -- Château de rêve = Dream castle (1933) / directed by Géza von Bolváry ; assistant director and dialogue, Henri-Georges Clouzot ; screenplay by Hans Heinz Zerlett ; cast: Edith Méra, Lucien Baroux, Danielle Darrieux (87 min.).