Jules and Jim Blu-ray

Release Year: 1962

Runtime: 106 min

Director: François Truffaut

Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre, Marie Dubois, Sabine Haudepin

Studios: Les Films du Carrosse, Sédif Productions (as S.E.D.I.F.)

In the carefree days before World War I, introverted Austrian author Jules strikes up a friendship with the exuberant Frenchman Jim and both men fall for the impulsive and beautiful Catherine.

Special Features:

New, restored 2K digital film transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray

Two audio commentaries

One featuring screenwriter Jean Gruault, longtime François Truffaut collaborator Suzanne Schiffman, editor Claudine Bouché, and film scholar Annette Insdorf; the other featuring actor Jeanne Moreau and Truffaut biographer Serge Toubiana.

Excerpts from The Key to 'Jules and Jim' (1985)

A documentary about author Henri-Pierre Roché and the real-life relationships that inspired the novel and film.

Interviews

With Gruault and cinematographer Raoul Coutard.

Conversation between film scholars Robert Stam and Dudley Andrew

Excerpt from a 1965 episode of the French TV program Cinéastes de notre temps dedicated to Truffaut

Segment from a 1969 episode of the French TV show L'invité du dimanche featuring Truffaut, Moreau, and filmmaker Jean Renoir

Excerpts from Truffaut's first appearance on American television, a 1977 interview with New York Film Festival director Richard Roud

Excerpts from a 1979 American Film Institute seminar given by Truffaut

Audio interview with Truffaut from 1980

Trailer

PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic John Powers, a 1981 piece by Truffaut on Roché, and script notes from Truffaut to Gruault

With all content available in both formats.

Technical Specifications:

• 106 MINUTES
• BLACK & WHITE
• MONAURAL
• IN FRENCH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
• 2.35:1 ASPECT RATIO