September is a big month for fans of filmmaker Joseph Losey. Not
only is a
4K restoartion of The Servant
arriving, but it's now been announced that his 1976 thriller
Mr. Klein has also been given the 4K treatment for a September
release.
Set in the German occupied Paris of 1942, Mr. Klein stars
Alain Delon as Robert Klein, an art dealer profiting from Jewish
citizens selling their possessions as they flee the country. When he is
mistaken for a Jewish resistance fighter also named Robert Klein, he sets
out to find his doppelganger.
The cast also includes Jeanne Moreau, Francine Bergé, Juliet Berto, Jean Bouise, Suzanne Flon,
Massimo Girotti
and Michael Lonsdale.
Syudiocanal will release a 4K restoration of Mr. Klein on
UK blu-ray, DVD and Digital September 13th.
Check out the new trailer and artwork below.
The official synopsis reads:
Paris, January 1942 - art dealer Robert Klein (Alain Delon) is making a killing. For this loyal Frenchman the Nazi occupation is a unique business opportunity. He stands to profit from the Jewish people’s misfortune, as they sell their possessions in a hurry to leave the country. But when a Jewish newspaper turns up on Klein's doorstep, his comfortable life begins to unravel. It seems there is another Robert Klein, a suspected Jewish Resistance fighter, who is content to live in the shadows and let his namesake take the fall. As Klein's investigation of his double progresses, the mood shifts from Hitchcock to Kafka and proving his innocence becomes less important than confronting his doppelgänger...
