Description
Film at War Volume Two
Volume 2; 4 discs. Black & White. Running Time: approx 433 mins.
THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY
Hardy Krüger, Colin Gordon, Michael Goodliffe.
CARVE HER NAME WITH PRIDE
Virginia McKenna, Paul Scofield, Jack Warner.
OLD BILL AND SON
Morland Graham, John Mills.
A TOWN LIKE ALICE
Virginia McKenna, Peter Finch.
Four unforgettable war films united in one collection. In his breakthrough role for British audiences, Hardy Krüger delivers a charming and charismatic performance as Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, in his first international role as a Luftwaffe pilot shot down over Britain in 1940. Virginia McKenna plays two roles; real-life agent Violette Szabo and Jean Paget, based on a Dutch prisoner of war. Morland Graham and John Mills play father and son soldiers in war comedy Old Bill and Son, based on a First World War cartoon character, Old Bill.
THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY
Stars: Hardy Krüger, Colin Gordon, Jack Gwillim, Michael Goodliffe, and Terence Alexander.
Year: 1957. Black and White. Running time approx: 109 mins.
With the Battle of Britain at its height, a German fighter pilot is shot down over England. Though confined to a POW camp, captivity cannot deter him from the single aim of escaping. After several months, he sees his chance… Based on a true story.
CARVE HER NAME WITH PRIDE
Stars: Virginia McKenna, Paul Scofield, Jack Warner, Denise Grey and Maurice Ronet.
Year: 1957. Black and White. Running time approx: 114 mins.
Following her recruitment by the SOE (Special Operations Executive), Violette volunteers to be parachuted into occupied France to re-organise a shattered resistance group. She knows only too well that the life expectancy of an undercover operative is usually measured in weeks and months. Based on the true story of SOE agent Violette Szabo.
OLD BILL AND SON
Stars: Morland Graham, John Mills, Mary Clare, Renee Houston and Rene Ray.
Year: 1940. Black and White. Running time approx: 100 mins.
Old Bill grumbled his way through the trenches of the First World War. Now World War II has begun, he decides to enlist! When his son Young Bill goes missing during a raid, Old Bill shows that there’s still life in the old dog yet!
A TOWN LIKE ALICE OPTIONAL
(OPTIONAL SUBTITLES)
Stars: Virginia McKenna, Peter Finch, Marie Lohr, Renee Houston and Eileen Moore.
Year: 1956. Black and White. Running time approx: 111 mins.
Jean Paget, an English woman taken prisoner by the Japanese, is one of a group of women and children forced to trek through Malaya during the Occupation. During her ordeal she meets captive Australian Joe Harman.
