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49th parallel Janus Films ; an Ortus Films production.

Publication | Not Digitized | Library Call Number: DVD-1282 2 discs

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    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
    Other Authors/Editors
    Ackland, Rodney, 1908-1991.
    Pressburger, Emeric, 1902-1988.
    Powell, Michael, 1905-1990.
    Ortus Films.
    Janus Films.
    Criterion Collection (Firm)
    Notes
    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.

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