Sunday, November 7, 2021

Sylvia Kristel 1970s Collection (1974-1978) 4-film set arrives December 14th from Cult Epics!

Cult Epics presents 
SYLVIA KRISTEL 1970s COLLECTION (1974-1978) 

Label: Cult Epics 
Release Date: December 14th, 2021
Distributor: CAV
Rating: Not Rated
Region Code: Region Free
Production Year: 1975/1978/1978/1974
Country: France/Netherlands/Germany
Duration: 429 Mins
Language: French, Dutch, German, English language with Ooptional English subtitles
Video: 1080p HD Widescreen (2.35:1), 1080p HD Widescreen (1.66:1) 
Audio: LPCM 2.0 Mono, DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono, LPCM 2.0 Mono, Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Director: Alain Robbe-Grillet, Wim Verstappen, Paul de Lussanet, Sigi Rothemund
Cast: Sylvia Kristel, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Anicée Alvina, Christine Boisson, Rutger Hauer, Rita Tushingham, David Rappaport

Playing with Fire (Le jeu avec le feu) (1975) 
Pastorale 1943 (1978) 
Mysteries (1978) 
Julia (1974) 

Synopsis: Cult Epics proudly presents the Sylvia Kristel 1970s Collection, featuring four of the legendary Dutch icon's most diverse films in new 2K transfers and entirely uncut, for the first time on home video in the United States.

Released in 1975, Alain Robbe-Grillet's surreal, absurdist sado-masochistic drama Playing with Fire (Le jeu avec le feu) features Sylvia in one of her most challenging roles alongside Jean-Louis Trintignant, Anicée Alvina and her Emmanuelle co-star Christine Boisson. The set's two Dutch films are co-starring Rutger Hauer, and Sylvia at the peak of her career. Submitted for the 1978 Academy Awards — Best Foreign Film, Wim Verstappen's Pastorale 1943 is a war drama centered on the Dutch resistance during World War II, and features also the debut of Renée Soutendijk. Painter turned director Paul de Lussanet’s romantic psychological drama Mysteries, based on the world famous novel by the Norwegian nobel prize winner Knut Hamsun and shot by renowned cinematographer Robby Müller, also stars Rita Tushingham and David Rappaport. Filmed and released right after Sylvia became one of the world's biggest stars as Emmanuelle (1974), Sigi Rothemund's 1974 film Julia is a German sex comedy drama, with Sylvia as a young boy’s first love, foreshadowing her later U.S. commercial hit Private Lessons.

In connection Cult Epics will be releasing Sylvia Kristel: From Emmanuelle to Chabrol written by Jeremy Richey as a Hardcover book January 17th, 2021. 352 Pages, fully illustrated, 12x10 inches.

Special Features: 
- New 2K HD Transfers (from original 35mm film elements) and Restoration
- Original LPCM 2.0 Mono.
-  DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono
- Audio Commentaries by Tim Lucas, Jeremy Richey, and Peter W. Verstraten
- New and Vintage Interviews with Cast & Crew
- Poster & Photo Galleries
-Original Theatrical Trailers
- Limited numbered Edition of 2500 copies made (Blu-ray) includes 40-Page illustrated booklet written by Jeremy Richey and Poster with Art by Gilles Vranckx. DVD Ltd. Edition of 1000 includes booklet and poster.

Teaser: https://vimeo.com/635714220

Cult Epics website exclusive includes an additional DVD with Interview with director Just Jaeckin on Sylvia. Limited to 200 copies www.cultepics.com


Playing with Fire (Le jeu avec le feu) (1975) 
Director: Alain Robbe-Grillet
Cast: Sylvia Kristel, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Anicée Alvina and her Emmanuelle co-star Christine Boisson

Pastorale 1943 (1978) 
Director: Wim Verstappen
Cast: Sylvia Kristel, Rutger Hauer, Renée Soutendijk

Mysteries (1978)
Director: Paul de Lussanet
Cast: Sylvia Kristel, Rita Tushingham, David Rappaport

Julia (1974) 
Director: Sigi Rothemund
Cast: Sylvia Kristel,