someone over at the CHFB provided a partial translation of the French blurb:
"In the early 1950s David O Selznick, who co-produced the film, decided to buy Count Zaroff's rights. As often at the time of the contracts, it must receive an interposer of the original film to watch and adapt it. However, it has never been used and was forgotten in the depths of a cellar for several decades ... We hunted this product at all costs and today we found it. Our adventure is just beginning.
We bought this interpositive, and we scanned it with the most advanced equipment in 5K quality restoration. Once the image process was completed, and the detailed image-by-image restoration of our teams, we moved on to the soundtrack that we scanned thanks to L.E. DIAPASON. The company's engineers subsequently restored the film patiently. All the defects that could have affected the previous restorations have therefore been corrected with the utmost care: unusual noises, deterioration and many other minor problems affecting previous versions.
This tedious restoration work was a success. The new version, much more complete than the previous ones, has also won, at the Venice Film Festival in 2014, the price of the best restoration.
After months of work, the time has come. We are finally ready to offer the general public a unique DVD / Blu Ray edition! But the adventure does not stop, because to be able to complete this project, we need you now! This bottom harvest will allow to discover this mythical masterpiece in a new light, in a hitherto unequaled quality. This edition will be able to present you with a rich editorial content and produce the Blu-ray that will be available at the end of December. Help us and you can finally rediscover Count Zaroff's Hunts as you've never seen them before!"
there is speculation that it might be just a rehash of the old Flicker Alley release. however if it is a newly discovered interpositive it could well be a lot better than any previous print... we'll have to wait and see...
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