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Format:
Video
Author/Creator:
Lengyel, Menyhért, 1880-1974, author.
Contributor:
Johnson, Alan (Choreographer), director.
Brooks, Mel, 1926- producer, actor.
Meehan, Thomas, screenwriter.
Graham, Ronny, screenwriter.
Mayer, Edwin Justus, 1896-1960, screenwriter.
Bancroft, Anne, 1931-2005, actor.
Matheson, Tim, 1947- actor.
Durning, Charles, 1923-2012, actor.
Ferrer, José, 1912-1992, actor.
Gaynes, George, actor.
Lloyd, Christopher, 1938- actor.
Wyner, George, actor.
Stadlen, Lewis J., actor.
Riley, Jack, 1935-2016, actor.
Haacke, James, actor.
Graham, Ronny, actor.
Reiner, Estelle, actor.
Kessler, Zale, actor.
Morris, John, 1926-2018, composer.
Lubitsch, Ernst, 1892-1947, associated name.
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, producer.
Brooksfilms (Firm), producer.
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Associates, producer.
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc., distributor.
Language:
English
French
Spanish
Subjects (All):
Actors--Poland--Drama.
Actors.
Actresses--Drama.
Actresses.
National socialism and theater.
War--Underground movements.
Poland.
Married people--Drama.
Married people.
Man-woman relationships--Drama.
Man-woman relationships.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Poland--Drama.
World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--Theater and the war--Drama.
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Drama.
National socialism and theater--Drama.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films.
Comedy films.
War films.
Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
polychrome
Edition:
Widescreen edition.
Place of Publication:
Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2006]
Language Note:
English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles.
Closed-captioned.
System Details:
DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital stereo., Dolby Digital mono., dual layer, NTSC.
digital
optical
mixed
Dolby
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1
Summary:
Two actors, Frederick and Anna Bronski, get caught up in Germany's invasion of Poland, a leaking of top secret information and an incredible plot to thwart the Nazis.
Participant:
Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Tim Matheson, Charles Durning, Jose Ferrer, George Gaynes, Christopher Lloyd, George Wyner, Lewis J. Stadlen, Jack Riley, James Haacke, Ronny Graham, Estelle Reiner, Zale Kessler.
Credits:
Music, John Morris ; editor, Alan Balsam ; director of photography, Gerald Hirschfeld.
Notes:
Aspect ratio 1.85:1.
DVD release of the 1983 motion picture.
"Based on the film directed by Ernst Lubitsch, from the screenplay by Edwin Justis Mayer, and the story by Melchoir Lengyel."
Special features: Behind-the-scenes making-of featurette; Character profiles and interviews with Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft and Charles Durning.
OCLC:
71252293
Publisher Number:
024543167310
2226731 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

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