| Edition |
Special ed. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([14] pages : illustrations ; 19 cm). |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 523 |
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Criterion collection ; 523.
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| System Details |
DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; mono. |
| Language |
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired. |
| Cast |
Margaret Lockwood, Rex Harrison, Paul von Henreid, Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, James Harcourt, Felix Aylmer, Wyndham Goldie, Roland Culver, Eliot Makeham, Raymond Huntley, Austen Trevor, Keneth Kent, C.V. France, Fritz Valk, Morland Graham. |
| Credits |
Photography, Otto Kanturek ; art direction, Vetchinsky ; editing, R.E. Dearing ; musical direction, Louis Levy. |
| Note |
Based on an original story by Gordon Wellesley. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1940. |
| Summary |
Takes viewers on a World War II era journey from Prague to England to the Swiss Alps, as Nazis pursue a Czech scientist and his daughter who are being aided by a debonair British undercover agent. |
| Note |
Special features: Video conversation between film scholars Peter Evans and Bruce Babington. Booklet contains essay "A last laugh" by film critic Philip Kemp. |
| Access |
Classroom use may be subject to licensing restrictions. |
| Subject |
Scientists -- Drama.
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Spies -- Drama.
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Nazis -- Drama.
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Nazis. (OCoLC)fst01035219
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Scientists. (OCoLC)fst01108895
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Spies. (OCoLC)fst01129772
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films -- Great Britain.
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
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Film adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01710491
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Spy films. (OCoLC)fst01710340
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Thrillers (Motion pictures) (OCoLC)fst01726193
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
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War films. (OCoLC)fst01710402
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Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Spy films.
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War films.
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Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Gilliat, Sidney. Screenwriter.
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Launder, Frank. Screenwriter.
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Reed, Carol, 1906-1976. Director.
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Black, Edward. Producer.
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Lockwood, Margaret. Actor.
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Harrison, Rex. Actor.
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Henreid, Paul. Actor.
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Radford, Basil, 1897-1952. Actor.
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Wayne, Naunton, 1901-1970. Actor.
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Harcourt, James, 1873-1951. Actor.
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Aylmer, Felix, 1889-1979. Actor.
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Kanturek, Otto, 1897-1941. Cinematographer.
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Dearing, R. E., 1893-1968. Film editor.
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Levy, Louis, 1894-1957. Composer.
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Wellesley, Gordon. Author.
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Evans, Peter, 1933 December 10-2012. Commentator.
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Babington, Bruce. Commentator.
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Kemp, Philip. Writer of accompanying material.
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Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781604652857 |
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1604652853 |
| Standard No. |
715515059015 |
| Music No. |
CC1903D Criterion |
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