Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

The battle of the River Plate [videorecording] : pursuit of the Graf Spee / the Rank Organisation presents ; written, produced and directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger.

Publisher, Date:

[United States] : Hen's Tooth Video, 2010.

Description:

1 videodisc (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

Two weeks after the start of WWII, a powerful German pocket battleship, the Graf Spee, sails the South Atlantic, destroying Allied merchant ships at will. Captained by one of Germany's most brilliant naval officers, the Graf Spee, with her superior speed and artillery, appears and disappears, sinking ship after ship. When the Allies are finally able to pinpoint its location a trap is set, pitting British Intelligence against a wily and powerful military opponent.

Target Audience Note:

Rating: Not rated.

Subjects:

Admiral Graf Spee (Battleship) -- Drama.

River Plate, Battle of the, 1939 -- Drama.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, British -- Drama.

Feature films.

War films.

Other Author:

Powell, Michael, 1905-1990.

Pressburger, Emeric, 1902-1988.

Quayle, Anthony, 1913-1989.

Gregson, John, 1919-1975.

Finch, Peter, 1916-1977.

Rank Organisation.

Hen's Tooth Video (Firm)

Other Title:

Pursuit of the Graf Spee.

Notes:

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1956.

Special features: Includes interviews with John Brabourne (production manager); Christopher Challis (director of photography), Christopher Lee (actor) and Ian Christie (film historian).

Cinematography by Christopher Challis ; music, Brian Easdale.

Anthony Quayle, John Gregson, Peter Finch.

DVD; Anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1), enhanced for 16x9 TVs; Dolby Digital.

ISBN:

9786313846719

Publisher Number:

4125

Other Number:

690030681

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

278857

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD MOVIE Battle o

Medium:

[videorecording]