Scarlet - DVD

Pietro Marcello, one of contemporary cinema's most versatile talents, follows up his dramatic breakthrough Martin Eden with this enchanting period fable. Shortly after World War I, veteran Raphaël (Raphaël Thiery) returns home from the frontlines to find himself a widower, and father to an infant daughter. Raised by her father in rural Normandy, the child Juliette (Juliette Jouan) grows into a lonely young woman who dreams of greater possibilities. She seeks refuge in the nearby woods, where she meets a witch who promises scarlet sails will one day take her away from her village. Reckoning with her future and swept away by a rakish young pilot (Louis Garrel) who literally falls from the sky, Juliette never stops believing in the witch's prophecy. Tracing Juliette's journey throughout the 20 years of great invention between the world wars, Scarlet delicately weaves together music and fantasy, history and folklore, realist drama and ethereal romance, to craft a timeless story of a young woman's emancipation.

Screen favorites Gregory Peck (TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD) and Christopher Plummer (THE SOUND OF MUSIC) star in THE SCARLET AND THE BLACK, a riveting World War II drama based on a true story of moral courage. In Nazi-occupied Rome, Vatican official Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty (Peck) wages a secret campaign against the Third Reich. Using his influence and position, he takes part in the efforts to rescue Allied refugees from imprisonment by the Gestapo. O'Flaherty's efforts soon cause him to become a target of an investigation by the SS, led by Colonel Kappler (Plummer). The Monsignor's diplomatic status affords him some protection, but the relentless German Colonel will stop at nothing to halt O'Flaherty's endeavors-permanently. Also starring Sir John Gielgud, Barbara Bouchet, and Raf Vallone, THE SCARLET AND THE BLACK is an unforgettable and inspiring tale. Nominated for three Primetime Emmy awards.

Broadway and silent-screen legend Elsie Ferguson stars in her only talking picture, a scandalous tale of murder, sin and redemption. The most brilliant criminal lawyer in New York, Mary Bancroft (Ferguson) agrees to defend Nora Mason (Marian Nixon), a cabaret dancer who freely admits to murdering her own father. Staging a defense that inadvertently exposes her past, Mary reveals a 20-year-old secret that could win her the case but destr