Overview
- Summary
- When a Nazi U-boat crew headed by the ruthless Lieutenant Hirth is stranded in Canada during the thick of World War II, the men evade capture by hiding out in a series of rural communities before trying to cross the border into the still-neutral United States.
- Variant Title
- Forty-nineth parallel
- Series
- Criterion collection ; 376
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 376. - Format
- Video
- Published
- [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c2007
- Locale
- Germany
United States
Canada - Notes
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1941.
Special features: audio commentary by film and music historian Bruce Eder; "The volunteer"; a 1943 Powell and Pressburger war-effort short staring Ralph Richardson; "A pretty British affair": a BBC documentary on the careers of Powell and Pressburger, which consider their WWII-era collaborations and features rare footage of the filmmakers together; excerpts from Michael Powell's audio dictations for his autobiography; original theatrical trailer; new essay by fil scholar Charles Barr and an excerpt from Powell's 1941 premiere speech.
Producer and director, Michael Powell ; original story and screenplay, Emeric Pressburger ; scenario, Rodney Ackland and Emeric Pressburger ; cinematographer, Frederick Young ; editor, David Lean ; music composer, Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Leslie Howard, Laurence Olivier, Raymond Massey, Anton Walbrook, Eric Portman, Raymond Lovell, Niall MacGinnis, Glynis Johns, Finlay Currie.
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 1.0 mono, restored high-definition transfer.
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 1934121266
9781934121269 - Physical Description
- 2 videodiscs (123 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- Submarines (Ships)--Germany--Drama. World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations--Drama. Cities and towns--Drama. United States--Boundaries--Canada--Drama. Canada--Drama. United States--Drama. World War (1939-1945) Boundaries. Cities and towns. Military operations, Naval. Submarines (Ships) Canada. Germany. United States. Action and adventure films. War films. Drama.
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- 2016-08-26 16:10:00
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