The Testament of Doctor Cordelier (Classic Chiller Collection #24) 

(Classic Chiller Collection #24) 
RELEASE DATE: 10.5.2024

(Le Testament du Docteur Cordelier)
Region code: B
Packaging: Amaray box in slipcase
slipcase (DVD size with partial lacquering)
and additional reversible cover for the keep-case


- Blu-ray world premiere
- 4K scan and restoration
- Limited edition of 1000 copies
- Many extras in more than 2 hours of bonus material
- A film by JEAN RENOIR
- Based on the world bestseller "The Curious Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson.
- An Ostalgica production distributed by Media Target



Info:

Like his literary role model, Dr. Cordelier, who is incapable of intimate relationships, researches a drug in his Paris laboratory to uncover a person's true nature. He tries the drug on himself and becomes Opale, a licentious villain without a conscience. He haunts Paris, mostly at night. He injures a man with crutches, beats up a girl and scares his colleague Dr. Severin to death. Cordelier takes an increasing liking to Opale. However, when he kills a passer-by and thus commits murder, he tries to get away from him...

It was partly shot with 8 cameras simultaneously.

France 1959
Director: Jean Renoir
With Jean-Louis Barrault, Teddy Bilis, Michel Vitold, Jean Topart, Micheline Gary, Jacques Dannoville
André Certes and Jean Renoir

Technical data:

Picture format: 1.37:1 (AVC / 1080p / 23,976 fps)
Sound: German / French (DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono)
Subtitles: German
Running time: approx. 95 minutes

Extras (1080p / 23.976 fps):

- 12-page booklet with a text by Marco Koch
- Inlay with reversible cover
- Original trailer (with German subtitles)
- German opening credits
- Video essay by Lars Johansen about Renoir, the film and the history of the Jekyll & Hyde film adaptations (approx. 38 min.)
- Film restoration
- Picture gallery
- Silent film: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (with German subtitles)
- Classic Chiller Collection Trailer
It was partly shot with 8 cameras simultaneously.

France 1959
Director: Jean Renoir
With Jean-Louis Barrault, Teddy Bilis, Michel Vitold, Jean Topart, Micheline Gary, Jacques Dannoville
André Certes and Jean Renoir

Technical data:

Picture format: 1.37:1 (AVC / 1080p / 23,976 fps)
Sound: German / French (DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono)
Subtitles: German
Running time: approx. 95 minutes

Extras (1080p / 23.976 fps):

- 12-page booklet with a text by Marco Koch
- Inlay with reversible cover
- Original trailer (with German subtitles)
- German opening credits
- Video essay by Lars Johansen about Renoir, the film and the history of the Jekyll & Hyde film adaptations (approx. 38 min.)
- Film restoration
- Picture gallery
- Silent film: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (with German subtitles)
- Classic Chiller Collection Trailer