New Blu-ray. Running time: 1 h 47 min. Age rating: 7 Subtitles: no / not known
British WWII drama from film-makers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. During WWII, scientist Sammy Rice (David Farrar) works at a British research unit set up to uncover the enemy´s methods of attack. Embittered after losing a foot in a bomb blast, Sammy is increasingly seeking solace in alcohol.
However, a budding romance with his secretary, Susan (Kathleen Byron), and the challenge of analysing a new German bomb provide him with a new sense of meaning
Special features:
Interviews: Christopher Challis (cinematographer)
Commentary: Charles Barr (film scholar)
Other Documentary: ´Restoring ´The Small Back Room´´; ´A Tortured Hero´; ´Defusing the Archers´; ´The Making of An Englishman´