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DVD

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  • CENTRAL: Audiovisual Collection
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49th parallel

Call Number

  • DVD DRAMA (CEN)

Edition

Special ed.

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Leslie Howard, Laurence Olivier, Raymond Massey, Anton Walbrook, Eric Portman, Raymond Lovell, Niall MacGinnis, Glynis Johns, Finlay Currie.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2007]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (123 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (unpaged : ill. ; 19 cm.)

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

When a Nazi U-boat crew is stranded in Canada in 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.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1941.

Special features: audio commentary by film and music historian Bruce Eder ; original theatrical trailer ; "The volunteer," a 1943 Powell and Pressburger war-effort short starring Ralph Richardson ; excerpts from Michael Powell's audio dictations for his autobiography ; "A pretty British affair," a BBC documentary on the careers of Powell and Pressburger, which considers their World War II-era collaborations and features rare footage of the filmmakers together.

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