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1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Criterion collection #583
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Adapted from the novel by A. E. W. Masons
Adaptation of A.E.W. Mason's classic 1902 adventure novel about the British Empires exploits in Africa, and a crowning achievement of Alexander Kordas legendary production company, London Films. Set at the end of the nineteenth century, follows the travails of a young officer accused of cowardice after he resigns his post on the eve of a major deployment to Khartoum; he must fight to redeem himself in the eyes of his fellow officers
Originally released as a motion picture in 1939
Special features: audio commentary by Charles Drazin ; video interview with David Korda, son of Zoltán Korda ; A day at Denham, 1939 short film with footage of Korda on the set of The four feathers
Director, Zoltan Korda ; producer, Alexander Korda ; screenplay, R.C. Sherriff ; cinematographers, Georges Périnal, Osmond Borradaile ; editor, Henry Cornelius ; music, Miklós Rózsa
Ralph Richardson, Allan Jeayes, C. Aubrey Smith, John Clements
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DVD; NTSC, region 1; Mono