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The small back room / Janus Films ; London Films present ; a production of the Archers ; distributed by British Lion Film Corporation, Limited ; written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.
LIBRA DVD 011 468 DVD + booklet
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Criterion collection ; 441.
- The Criterion collection ; 441
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Balchin, Nigel, 1908-1970--Film adaptations.
- Balchin, Nigel.
- Balchin, Nigel, 1908-1970.
- World War, 1939-1945--Great Britain--Drama.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Science--Great Britain--Drama.
- World War, 1939-1945--Military intelligence--Great Britain--Drama.
- Ordnance disposal units--Great Britain--Drama.
- Ordnance disposal units.
- Amputees--Psychology--Drama.
- Amputees.
- Amputees--Psychology.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Melodramas (Motion pictures)
- Film adaptations.
- War films.
- Historical films.
- Feature films.
- Motion pictures, British.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([14 pages] : illustrations ; 19 cm).
- monochrome
- Place of Publication:
- [United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2008]
- Language Note:
- Open-captioned for the hearing impaired (SDH).
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; Dolby Digital monaural.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- Dolby
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- Details the professional and personal travails of a troubled, alcoholic research scientist and military bomb-disposal expert who, while struggling through a relationship with his girlfriend, is hired by the government to advise on a German weapon.
- Participant:
- David Farrar, Kathleen Byron, Jack Hawkins, Leslie Banks, Michael Gough, Cyril Cusack.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Christopher Challis; editor, Clifford Turner; music, Brian Easdale.
- Notes:
- Based on The small back room / by Nigel Balchin.
- Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 1949.
- Special edition features: audio commentary by Charles Barr; video interview with Chris Challis; excerpts from Michael Powell's audio dictations for his autobiography.
- Aspect ratio 1.33:1.
- ISBN:
- 1604650567
- 9781604650563
- OCLC:
- 232337720
- Publisher Number:
- 715515031226
- CC1762D The Criterion Collection
- Online:
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