Night Train to Munich (The Criterion Collection)

Description: Night Train to Munich (The Criterion Collection) [DVD] Product Overview Format: DVD June 29, 2010 British and Gestapo agents vie for a Czech inventor and his daughter. Directed by Carol Reed. A certain breathless immediacy pulses through Carol Reed's Night Train to Munich, even if the movie conveys a puckish sense of fun. The immediacy probably stems from the topical subject matter: released in Britain in the summer of 1940, less than a year after the beginning of World War II, the film serves up still-fresh images of espionage, Hitler's SS, and concentration camps. The opening reels are packed with excitement: plucky Czech Margaret Lockwood hustles her scientist father (James Harcourt) out from under the Nazi thumb, only to fall to more skullduggery after emigrating to England. Rex Harrison plays her breezy British contact, first seen singing a jaunty tune as a song plugger (for anyone familiar with Harrison's later My Fair Lady vocalizing, his career here is highly amusing). The second half of the picture concentrates on a journey across Europe as the war is breaking out, and clearly aspires to (and frequently matches) the comic-suspenseful mode perfected in Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes, which also starred Lockwood. Both films were written by the crack team of Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder, who bring in that glorious cricket-loving combo from The Lady Vanishes, Charters and Caldicott. They are played again by Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne, who are just as funny here as they were in the earlier picture. Years before The Third Man and The Fallen Idol, Reed's direction navigates the tricky shifts between comedy, high adventure, and can-do wartime patriotism: see the splendid silent beat that follows the moment Charters and Caldicott hear that war has begun, broken by Charters's serious reflection that it will now be dashed difficult to get his golf clubs out of Europe. Superb. The Criterion release of Night Train to Munich includes a half-hour conversation between experts on the filmmakers-- staged, fittingly, aboard an old train car. --Robert Horton Details Genre: Action & Adventure Format: Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC, Black & White Contributor: Rex Harrison, Carol Reed, Margaret Lockwood, Paul Henreid Language: English Runtime: 1 hour and 30 minutes Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated) Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces Item model number ‏ : ‎ 7379982 Director ‏ : ‎ Carol Reed Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC, Black & White Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 30 minutes Release date ‏ : ‎ June 29, 2010 Actors ‏ : ‎ Margaret Lockwood, Rex Harrison, Paul Henreid Studio ‏ : ‎ Criterion Collection Quality Products Have peace of mind knowing that your order will arrive original factory sealed packaging. That means that you'll have the full force of the manufacturer's warranty to protect your purchase. Fast and Free Shipping You're already purchasing the item. Why pay additional for shipping, especially slow shipping? We get your order shipped out and delivered to your doorstep as quickly as possible. Commitment We are committed to making sure that you leave this transaction satisfied. That means having access to real people that get your questions and concerns answered quickly. Give us a shot and we will make sure that you will look to us again!

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