Scarface (1932) (Ultra HD Blu-ray& Blu-ray) (UK Import)

Der kaltblütige Tony, genannt »Scarface«, arbeitet für den skrupellosen Gangster Johnny Lovo, der während der Prohibition der Unterwelt von Chicago illegal mit Alkohol versorgt. In den Wirren der Gangsterkriege und Auseinandersetzungen mit der Polizei gelingt es Scarface, selbst zum Gangsterkönig aufzusteigen - doch er scheitert an seinem größenwahnsinnigen Machtstreben...

Blazing across the screen in a spray of bullets, the gangster-film sensation Scarface helped set the standard for the genre for decades to come. Swaggering, scary, and unexpectedly charming, Paul Muni gives an iconic portrayal of criminal sociopathy as Tony Camonte, the ruthless, machine-gun-toting mobster who rises through the ranks of a bootlegging empire atop an ever-increasing body count, but whose possessive relationship with his wild-child sister (Ann Dvorak) threatens to be his undoing. With rat-a-tat command of editing and dialogue, and his trademark panache, director Howard Hawks creates an unstoppable sense of dynamism while pushing on-screen violence to new heights of brutality.

4K UHD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
Alternate ending, from the censored version of the film
New conversation between author Megan Abbott and actor Bill Hader
New interview with film scholar Lea Jacobs on director Howard Hawks’s innovative use of sound and editing
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: An essay by critic Imogen Sara Smith
New cover by Mark Chiarello