Throughout the 1930s, director Michael Powell (The Red Shoes, A Matter of Life and Death, Peeping Tom) honed his craft on a succession of modestly budgeted feature films produced under the United Kingdom’s screen ‘quota’ system. Many of these titles remain lost but, those which survive, reveal a burgeoning talent that readily established Powell as one of British cinema’s leading lights. This new 2-disc collection brings together five of those early films directed by Powell, newly remastered by the BFI National Archive, including murder mysteries, sensational thrillers and a comedy caper. Discover the formative works of a filmmaking icon, available on Blu-ray for the first time. The Films: Rynox (1932, 47 mins) Hotel Splendide (1932, 53 mins) The Night of the Party (1934, 63 mins) Her Last Affaire (1936, 68 mins) Behind the Mask (aka The Man Behind the Mask) (1936, 55 mins)
