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Strange illusion / PRC Pictures, Inc ; screenplay, Adele Comandini ; producer, Leon Fromkess ; director, Edgar G. Ulmer.
LIBRA DVD 012 280
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Edgar G. Ulmer collection ; vol.5.
- Edgar G. Ulmer collection ; vol.5
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rotter, Fritz--Film adaptations.
- Rotter, Fritz.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Film noir.
- Video recordings.
- Film adaptations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Edition:
- Digitally remastered version.
- Place of Publication:
- Alexandria, VA : Allday Entertainment : Image Entertainment [distributor], [2001]
- System Details:
- DVD; Dolby Digital.
- digital
- optical
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- A son is haunted by the mysterious death of his father and dreams which he fears foreshadow future events. The noir tone of the film is accentuated by the claustrophobic atmosphere of the mental hospital where the son is incarcerated with its controlled vision of chaos and corruption.
- Participant:
- James Lydon, Sally Eilers, Warren William, Regis Toomey, Charles Arnt, George H. Reed, Jayne Hazard.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Philip Tannura ; music, Erdody.
- Notes:
- Special features: Featurette: the King of PRC ; archive of rare stills and artwork ; collection of original theatrical trailers to Ulmer's genre classics.
- "Based on an original story by Fritz Rotter."--Credits.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1945.
- OCLC:
- 48213114
- Publisher Number:
- 014381091427
- ADED091DVD Allday Entertainment
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