Devil's Hand AKA Carnival of Sinners Blu-ray
'Devil's Hand' AKA 'Carnival of Sinners' Director: Maurice Tourneur (1943) Eureka Masters of Cinema Blu-ray | Restoration | O-card slipcase | French w/ English subtitles
Directed by cinematic pioneer Maurice Tourneur and starring Pierre Fresnay (La Grande Illusion, Le Courbeau), The Devil’s Hand stands with Diabolique and Eyes Without a Face as one of the finest horror films ever produced in France.
Guests staying at an isolated mountain inn, cut off from the outside world by an avalanche, are astounded by the sudden arrival of a mysterious man with a prosthetic hand. He soon begins to regale the assembled patrons with his extraordinary story: once a struggling artist, his luck changed on the day that he bought an enchanted talisman in the shape of a hand, an artefact that supposedly bestows good fortune upon its owner. Overnight, he became talented, wealthy and contented – but he must sell the talisman at a loss before he dies, or else he will be damned to hell for all eternity…
A distinctly French twist on the likes of Faust and The Monkey’s Paw, The Devil’s Hand was adapted from a short story by Gérard de Nerval and produced under German occupation at the height of World War II.
Special features include:
- Collector's booklet featuring new writing on director Maurice Tourneur by French cinema expert Barry Nevin (First 2000 copies only)
- Audio commentary by film critic James Oliver
- Video essay by film historian Samm Deighan
- Continental: French Cinema in the Devil’s Hand? – archival documentary on Continental Films and French cinema under German occupation
