• New high-definition digital transfer of the 2004 restoration, supervised by director of photography Pierre Lhomme
• Optional Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 soundtrack
• Audio commentary by film historian Ginette Vincendeau
• New interviews with Lhomme and editor Françoise Bonnot
• Archival video excerpts, including on-set footage and interviews with Melville, cast members, writer Joseph Kessel, and real-life Resistance fighters
• Jean-Pierre Melville et "L'Armée des ombres" (2006), a short program on the director and his film
• Le journal de la Résistance (1944), a rare short documentary shot on the front lines of the final days of German-occupied France
• Film restoration demonstration by Lhomme
• New and improved English subtitle translation
• PLUS: A booklet featuring critic Amy Taubin, historian Robert Paxton, and excerpts from Rui Nogueira’s Melville on Melville

ABOUT THE TRANSFER:
Army of Shadows is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1. Black bars at the top and bottom of the screen are normal for this format. Supervised by director of photography Pierre Lhomme, this new high-definition digital transfer was scanned on a Spirit Datacine in from the 35mm original camera negative, restored by StudioCanal. Thousands of instances of dirt, debris, and scratches were removed using the MTI Digital Restoration System. To maintain optimal image quality through the compression process, the picture on this dual-layer DVD-9 was encoded at the highest possible bit rate for the quantity of material included.

The soundtrack was mastered at 24-bit from the 35mm magnetic tracks, and audio restoration tools were used to reduce clicks, pops, hiss, and crackle. The Dolby Digital 1.0 signal will be directed to the center channel on 5.1-channel sound systems, but some viewers may prefer to switch to two-channel playback for a wider dispersal of the mono sound. The stereo tracks were created by StudioCanal from the original stems.