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"Rene Clair's comedy Under the Roofs of Paris comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.33:1. The French soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Mono. English subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include the Clair silent film Paris Qui Dort, a BBC interview with the director, and the original theatrical trailer. Criterion has done a fabulous job with this title, as has come to be expected from them. Anyone with an interest in film history should see this DVD."
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Under the Roofs of Paris (1930)
92 min
In the tenement slums of Paris between the world wars, impoverished street singer Albert yearns for beautiful Romanian immigrant Pola. Pola's boyfriend, local hoodlum Fred, grows jealous of Albert's constant attention to his woman and frames the hapless musician for one of his own petty crimes. But while Albert is in prison for Fred's misdeed, Pola ends up falling for Albert's faithful best friend, Louis.