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DVD ~ Pierre Fresnay
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  • Actors: Pierre Fresnay, Ginette Leclerc, Micheline Francey
  • Directors: Henri-Georges Clouzot
  • Format: Black & White, PAL
  • Language French
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Optimum Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 14 Mar 2005
  • Run Time: 92 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0006M4S8C
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 11,798 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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A series of vicious poison-pen letters spreads fear and suspicion amongst the residents of a small French town. One by one, they turn on each other as their secrets are revealed, yet the identity of the author of the letters remains a mystery.

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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The first of Clouzot's dark masterpieces, 5 April 2005
By Trevor Willsmer (London, England) - See all my reviews
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'Le Corbeau' aka 'The Raven' is a surprisingly vivid piece of film-making, a wonderfully cinematic dissection of a town torn apart by the poison-pen letters of 'The Raven.' The initial balance of power that maintains the status quo (A knows B's indiscretion, B knows A's, so neither can destroy the other without disgracing himself) is soon destroyed as the whole town learns each other's dirty linen, with suspicions, half-truths and outright lies soon lead to the town turning on each other in the search for a scapegoat. Tragedy, suicide and murder inevitably follow...

This, of course, was the film that earned Clouzot a lasting reputation as a collaborator - made for the infamous German Continental films, it was attacked by both the Nazis for discouraging the French from informing (their main source of information during the occupation) and the resistance for attacking the French moral character. Of the two, it's pretty obvious the Nazis were on the right track. Even though the Germans are conspicuous by their absence, it makes clear that the anonymous informer/s are undermining solidarity and making the town easy prey for predators (it is implicit in the film that the Raven is not the only poison-pen writer in the town as a veritable flock of Ravens emerge).

The suspense comes not from the Raven's identity, which is blindingly obvious in this era of double-endings but must have seemed groundbreaking at the time, but from what damage the Raven will do next. Blessed with a surprisingly unlikable hero and a frankness lacking in US and British films of the period - abortion and drug-addiction are discussed as readily as adultery and embezzlement - there is a somewhat awkward Catholic moral imposed at the end (the good doctor learns it is better to let a mother die in childbirth to save the child than vice versa because the future is more important than the past) but it's still refreshingly dark. The script establishes character, setting and guilty secrets with remarkable economy and the film is blessed with a great use of location and some visually impressive set pieces: the funeral where people step around a letter left by the Raven before a child picks it up or the huge church silenced by a single letter fluttering down from the gallery are particularly striking. It also has a biting black wit and an interesting discussion about the interdependent nature of good and evil.

A genuine masterpiece, and entertaining with it, this UK DVD offers little in the way of extras (the R1 Criterion DVD boasts an interesting 18-minute interview with Bertran Tavernier on Continental and Clouzot and an interesting extract from a French documentary with Clouzot and others talking about the film and French cinema during the Nazi occupation), but the film is so good is still well worth investing in a copy.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars believe the hype, 24 April 2007
By Andrew Ferguson - See all my reviews
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sometimes when you hear about "cult" film they are a real dissapointment. well, this is the business.
heard about it and had to see it. well worth the effort tracking it down and if you are looking for something slightly different and dark. then this is it.
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