Fiction
DVD
0 Holds on 1 Copy
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
EDITION
DESCRIPTION
2 videodiscs (123 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
ISBN/ISSN
LANGUAGE
SERIES
Criterion collection #376
NOTES
Title from container
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
Originally released as a motion picture in 1941
Special features: Restored high-definition digital transfer; 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 Powell's 1941 premiere speech
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
Not rated
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