If you are fond of Hessling, then you must certainly continue on with The Little Matchgirl and Charleston which I think are head and shoulders above Whirlpool and Nana. The print I saw of all of these films were the DVD release here in the states and it was the restored print. Renoir's early films were largely unsuccessful. One of the reasons for the diminished scale of Renoir's next couple of films was the failure of Nana, largely financed from Renoir's own pocket and the selling of his father's paintings. I find it odd that the very thing you commend in Nana (the 1890's style camera work) is exactly what I found so distancing in the picture.

I imagine all of us can at least agree that the man's best work was done over the next decade.