Trouble In Paradise 4K UHD - The Criterion Collection

Ernst Lubitschs famed touch is on exquisite display in this sexy pre-Code jewel, glittering with witty innuendo and elegant comic invention. It is love at first swindle when high-society thief Gaston Monescu (Herbert Marshall) and pickpocket Lily Vautier (Miriam Hopkins) cross paths amid the canals of Venice while attempting to con each other, and then it is off to Paris, where the pair meet their match in their latest mark, the tres chic Madame Colet (Kay Francis), whose fabulous fortune is exceeded only by her powers of seduction. With its delightfully risque dialogue, swoonworthy couture, and high deco style, Trouble in Paradise is a pinnacle of comic-romantic sophistication that fizzes like the finest champagne.

4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack restored by the UCLA Film and Television Archive and The Film Foundation, with funding provided by the Hobson and Lucas Family Foundation

One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features

Audio commentary featuring Scott Eyman, biographer of director Ernst Lubitsch

Introduction by filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich

New video essay by critic David Cairns

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

Plus An essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme

New cover by Simone Massoni