49th parallel
DVD - 2007
As the voice over proclaims, the 49th parallel is the only undefended frontier in the world. The parallel is the goal of a small group of Nazi's, survivors of a U-boat that has been spotted and sunk in Hudson Bay, deep in Canadian waters. The United States is not yet at war with Germany, and if Corporal Hirth and his six crew members can reach it, they can be repatriated to Germany with no fuss. But their trek across Canada becomes a fierce struggle to survive, as they encounter and are opposed in turn by Johnnie the trapper, a small Hutterite community, a Canadian intellectual, and a Canadian soldier gone AWOL.
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- Subjects
- Genres
- Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired - Published
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[Irvington, NY] :
Criterion Collection
c2007.
- Language
- English
- Other Authors
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- Edition
- Special ed. double-disc set; full screen
- Item Description
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1941.
Bonus features: disc 1. audio commentary ; original trailer ; disc 2. the short film The volunteer, by Powell and Pressburger ; excerpts from Powell's audio dictations for his autobiography ; the documentary, A pretty British affair, covering the careers of Powell and Pressburger. - Physical Description
- 2 videodiscs (DVD) (123 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in
- Format
- DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital mono; aspect ratio 1.33:1.
- Audience
- Not rated.
- Production Credits
- Director of photography, Frederick Young ; editor, David Lean ; music, Ralph Vaughan Williams.
- ISBN
- 9781934121269
- Disc 1. The film
- Disc 2. The supplements.