La Chienne was released by The Criterion Collection on both Blu-ray and DVD, newly restored in 4K, on 14 June 2016.

Maurice Legrand, a meek cashier and aspirant painter, is married to Adèle, an abusive woman whose former husband Alexis Godard had died during World War I. Maurice attends a company celebration, and as he leaves, he sees a man named André "Dédé" Jauguin hitting Lucienne "Lulu" Pelletier, a prostitute, on the street.

Maurice returns home and is questioned by Adèle why he has arrived late; she also degrades his paintings, as she complains they are cluttering their apartment.

Alexis explains at a café that during the war, he was falsely reported as dead after he had switched identification cards with another soldier to escape his marriage to Adèle.

Maurice arranges to have Alexis steal the money as he falsely claims he and Adèle will attend a theatre tomorrow night.

[2] On 23 October 2003 La Chienne was released on DVD in France by Opening Distribution, along with Renoir's On purge bébé (1931), Tire-au-flanc (1928), and Catherine (1924), as part of a box set.

[3] The film was later released together with Renoir's Partie de campagne (A Day in the Country) by M6 Vidéo on both Blu-ray and DVD in France on 10 November 2015.

[4][5] La Chienne was released in North America on LaserDisc in 1989 by Image Entertainment as part of the "CinemaDisc Collection".

[6] The film was also released on VHS by Kino International on 5 February 2002, which includes Partie de campagne as an extra.

[7] On 14 June 2016 American video-distribution company The Criterion Collection released La Chienne, newly restored through a 4K digital transfer, on Blu-ray and DVD.