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Eureka Entertainment May 2026 Blu-ray and 4K Releases

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Eureka Entertainment May 2026 Releases

Eureka Entertainment is releasing three titles under their Masters of Cinema line in May. Cécile is Dead (1944) and Trace of Stones (1966) arrive on Blu-ray, while Buster Keaton's The General (1926) receives a 4K Blu-ray presentation with Dolby Vision and HDR.

Cécile is Dead marks the film's first release on home video in the UK, Trace of Stones is available on Blu-ray for the first time, and The General arrives on 4K Blu-ray for the first time in the UK. All three titles are limited to 2,000 copies.

Each release includes newly revised English subtitles, limited edition packaging, and a booklet with new writing and essays.

The General features a new audio commentary by film historian David Kalat, new video essays by Imogen Sara Smith and Luke Ryan, and archival introductions by Orson Welles and Gloria Swanson. Trace of Stones includes two archival documentaries and a banned DEFA short film. Cécile is Dead includes a new audio commentary by crime cinema expert Sergio Angelini and a new discussion of Inspector Maigret from page to screen with film historian Martin Hall.

All three titles release on May 18, 2026.

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Cecile Is Dead Blu-ray from Eureka Entertainment

Cécile is Dead (1944)

An unsung master of French cinema meets an undisputed master of detective fiction in Cécile is Dead, as Maurice Tourneur (The Devil's Hand) brings Georges Simenon's crime novel to the screen. Simenon's beloved sleuth Inspector Maigret appeared in 75 novels and 28 short stories written over five decades, along with innumerable radio, film and television adaptations, and here Tourneur directs one of the very finest among them.

Inspector Maigret (Albert Préjean) of the Parisian police has recently been bothered rather too often by Cécile Pardon (Santa Relli), who insists on speaking to him every few days. Each time, she reports to Maigret that someone has been breaking into the house she shares with her elderly aunt late at night, but the Inspector is much too busy investigating a gang of counterfeiters to look into her fanciful claims. He can't ignore Cécile for long, though, for soon Cécile is dead, murdered in the very same police station in which she has been pleading for his help.

One of three Inspector Maigret films made in occupied France during World War II, Cécile is Dead boasts noirish cinematography by Pierre Montazel, art direction by Guy de Gastyne, a set designer for Marcel L'Herbier and René Clair, and music by Roger Dumas, who scored Tourneur's The Devil's Hand. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present this French crime classic on Blu-ray, marking its first release on home video in the UK.

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Trace of Stones Blu-ray from Eureka Entertainment

Trace of Stones (1966)

In the mid-1960s, eleven films produced by DEFA, the state-operated film studio of the German Democratic Republic, were either pulled from theatres or barred from release due to their supposedly anti-socialist themes. The most infamous of these films was Trace of Stones, an intense and accomplished political drama directed by one of East Germany's most talented filmmakers, Frank Beyer (Jakob the Liar).

Hannes Balla (Manfred Krug) is the bullish leader of a crew on an East German worksite and is not averse to indulging in some questionable tactics, including the theft of scarce materials, if it will keep his projects on track. In order to tame Balla, the ruling Socialist Unity Party installs Secretary Werner Horrath (Eberhard Esche) to oversee the site's day-to-day operations. At the same time, a new engineer arrives: Kati Klee (Krystyna Stypułkowska), a lone woman in an all-male environment. As a love triangle develops between Klee, Balla and Horrath, tensions both personal and political threaten to boil over.

A nuanced exploration of the everyday workings of socialism in practice, Trace of Stones was perceived as an attack on the GDR's national ideology and withdrawn from cinemas in 1966. Frank Beyer did not direct another feature film until 1975, while Trace of Stones was suppressed until after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present this extraordinary film, available on Blu-ray for the first time.

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The General 4K UHD Blu-ray from Eureka Entertainment

The General (1926) 4K Blu-ray

Buster Keaton was arguably the greatest comedian of the silent era and certainly one of the funniest and most talented performers to ever work in the movie business. The General is his masterpiece: co-directed, co-written, co-produced and starring Keaton, it is a side-splitting document of a comedy genius at the peak of his powers and boasts some of the finest slapstick set pieces ever committed to film.

Western & Atlantic Railroad train engineer Johnnie Gray (Keaton) loves two things: his sweetheart Annabelle Lee (Marion Mack) and his prized locomotive, The General. When the Civil War breaks out, Johnnie intends to enlist in the Confederate Army, but is rejected, ending his budding relationship with Annabelle. As the war rages on, though, spies working for the Union steal Johnnie's beloved engine and inadvertently kidnap Annabelle, leading him to doggedly pursue them both across enemy lines.

Featuring what is perhaps the most thrilling chase sequence ever committed to film, The General is a perennial classic and stands with the very finest examples of silent comedy, including Charlie Chaplin's City Lights, Harold Lloyd's Safety Last! and Keaton's own Sherlock Jr. The Masters of Cinema Series is honoured to present The General on 4K Blu-ray for the first time in the UK.

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