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1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 pages : black and white illustrations ; 17 cm)
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1931
2K digital restoration
Full screen (1.19:1)
Film lacks title screen and credits. Title and statement of responsibility from accompanying booklet
Set in 1919 but based on a real incident from 1906. A coal mine collapses on the frontier between Germany and France, trapping a team of French miners inside. Workers on both sides of the border spring into action, putting aside national prejudices and wartime grudges to launch a dangerous rescue operation
Special features: New interview with film scholar Hermann Barth on the film's production; 1988 interview with Jean Oser, featuring footage from the French version of the film; 2016 interview with film scholar Jan-Christopher Horak on the historical context of the film
Booklet contains an essay, "War is over (if you want it)" by Luc Sante and an essay, "Courrières" by Karl Otten
Director of photography, Fritz Arno Wagner ; editor, Jean Oser ; music, G. von Rigelius
Alexander Granach, Fritz Kampers, Daniel Mendaille, Ernst Busch, Elisabeth Wendt, Gustav Püttjer, Oskar Höcker, Héléna Manson, Andrée Ducret, Alex Bernard, Pierre-Louis, Georges Charlia, Georges Tourreil, Marcel Lesieur, Marguerite Debos, Fritz Wendhausen
Rating: Not rated
Blu-ray; region A; 4:3 full screen (1.19:1 aspect ratio); LPCM 1.0; requires Blu-ray player
German or French dialogue with optional English subtitles