On June 23, 2025, Peter Lorre’s only directorial effort – the German film Der Verlorene (The Lost One, 1951) – will be released to a limited edition Blu-ray box-set with special features, including audio commentary by Lorre biographer Stephen D. Youngkin and film noir expert Alan K. Rode.
Radiance Films, a boutique company based in the United Kingdom, will release Der Verlorene in the box-set World Noir Vol. 3, along with two other European noir films – Not Guilty (Non Coupable, France, 1947) and Girl With Hyacinths (Flicka Och Hyacinter, Sweden, 1950).
The Region-free Blu-ray box-set will be available through the Radiance Films website, as well as the website for Diabolik DVD, an online merchant specializing in “demented discs from the world over”.
Extras for Der Verlorene include –
- High-definition digital transfer of the movie, with English subtitles
- Audio commentary by Stephen D. Youngkin and Alan K. Rode
- Interview with programmer and historian Margaret Deriaz on post-war German cinema
- Trailer for Der Verlorene
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork
Order the Blu-ray from Diabolik DVD – price in American dollars.
The troubled history of the making of Der Verlorene is recounted in the pages of The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre (2005). In Chapter 8, “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes”, Stephen Youngkin devotes a full chapter to the only movie Peter Lorre directed, co-produced, and co-wrote, interviewing actors and crew before and behind the cameras.
Disappointed in the movie’s reception in 1951, Peter Lorre considered the experience a closed chapter in his life, as he returned to the United States to resume his career in American movies, television, and radio programs. No doubt he would be very pleased at the attention Der Verlorene has received since his passing in 1964 – especially this Blu-ray disc with special features.
The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre may be purchased from many brick-and-mortar shops, as well as these online merchants –
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