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| ACTORS: | Marlon Brando, Yul Brynner |
| CATEGORY: | Video |
| DIRECTOR: | Bernhard Wicki |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 01 January, 1965 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Twentieth Century Fox |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Black & White, Closed-captioned, HiFi Sound, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-action/Adventure |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 086162130335 |
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Exceptional war drama Marlon Brando plays a German deserter and ex-patriot living in British occupied India unwillingly drawn into a war he doesn't believe in. Blackmailed by a British Commander (Trevor Howard), Brando goes undercover on a German freighter to try and disable explosives designed to scuttle the ship in case of capture. The hardnosed Captain (Yul Brynner) has Allied prisoners and a concentration camp survivor (Janet Margolin)that he's ferrying from Japan to German. More importantly, his precious cargo is desperately needed to fuel the war effort in Germany.
Fox has done a great job transferring this fine film to DVD. The widescreen presentation and rich Deluxe vividly come to life with remarkable clarity and sharpness. While a couple of sequences look a bit soft, on the whole, the transfer is remarkably accurate and rich.
There really aren't any extras to speak of on this DVD. That's a pity. We do get the original theatrical trailer and preview trailer though.
Underrated and in some ways gripping
Brando plays a German who bolted from Deutschland when the war was about to start. He is recruited against his will by Statter (Trevor Howard), a British officer to attempt to save for the British a cargo of rubber on its way form Japan to France. Aside from the suicidal aspects of the project as pointed out by Brando's character Schroeder and its improbability in the real war, the movie has a mostly believable and compelling plot. The compassionless brutality of the ... is better and more realistically portrayed in this film than all but a few others, and it is graphically emphasized by the black and white format. A one point, a beautiful, young woman is casually shot with evident relish between the eyes by the ship's second officer, who is an enthusiastic .... Some American captive sailors are shown as cringing brutes without a great deal more moral cognizance than their Nazi captors. Yul Bryner struggles between loyalty to the Fatherland and his inner ... imperatives. In some ways, the movie is a polemic, but in others not. In any case, it is a gripping thriller, and the acting is uniformly excellent.
Great Brando Flick
Classic world-war 2 drama about a Nazi cargo ship wanted by the allies. British Intelligence sends a counter-espionage German agent who balances on the ship between life & death. A cool little film,very gripping. I was entertained immensely,any film Brando is in is worth buying in my view.