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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials, Electronic Resources

Title:

The four feathers [videorecording] / Alexander Korda presents ; screen play by R.C. Sherriff ; directed by Zoltan Korda ; produced by Alexander Korda.

Publisher, Date:

[New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2011]

Description:

1 videodisc (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

Set at the end of the nineteenth century. With cannon fire igniting the North African skies, the British cavalry charges into battle to capture the strategic city of Khartoum. In the midst of the devastating carnage, a horrified officer resigns from his post. But he soon finds his shame is greater than his fear, and he returns to save his honor and the friends he betrayed at any cost.

Target Audience Note:

Not rated.

Series:

Criterion collection ; 583.

Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 583.

Subjects:

Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley), 1865-1948 -- Film adaptations.

Four feathers (Motion picture : 1939)

Soldiers -- Great Britain -- Drama.

British -- Sudan -- Drama.

Cowardice -- Drama.

Feature films.

War films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Historical drama.

Sudan -- History -- 1881-1899 -- Drama.

Other Author:

Korda, Zoltan, 1895-1961.

Korda, Alexander, Sir, 1893-1956.

Sherriff, R. C. (Robert Cedric), 1896-1975.

Biró, Lajos, 1880-1948.

Wimperis, Arthur, 1874-1953.

Clements, John, 1910-1988.

Richardson, Ralph, Sir, 1902-1983.

Smith, C. Aubrey (Charles Aubrey), 1863-1948.

Duprez, June, 1918-1984.

Jeayes, Allan, 1885-1963.

Allen, Jack, 1907-1995.

Gray, Donald, 1914-1978.

Culley, Frederick, 1879-1942.

Oscar, Henry, 1891-1969.

Laurie, John, 1897-1980.

Taftazani, Amid.

Périnal, Georges, 1897-1965.

Borradaile, Osmond, 1898-1999.

Cornelius, Henry, 1913-1958.

Rózsa, Miklós, 1907-1995.

Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley), 1865-1948. Four feathers.

Criterion Collection (Firm)

Other Title:

Day at Denham.

Notes:

Adapted from the novel by A. E. W. Masons.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1939.

Special features: audio commentary by Charles Drazin; video interview with David Korda, son of Zoltán Korda; A day at Denham, 1939 short film with footage of Korda on the set of The four feathers; theatrical trailer; booklet with an essay by Michael Sragow.

Cinematographers, Georges Périnal, Osmond Borradaile ; editor, Henry Cornelius ; music, Miklós Rózsa ; additional dialogue by Lajos Biro and Arthur Wimperis.

John Clements, Ralph Richardson, C. Aubrey Smith, June Duprez, Allan Jeayes, Jack Allen, Donald Gray, Frederick Culley, Clive Baxter, Robert Rendel, Archibald Batty, Derek Elphinstone, Hal Walters, Norman Pierce, Henry Oscar, John Laurie, Amid Taftazani.

DVD; NTSC, region 1; 1.37:1 aspect ratio; Dolby digital mono.

In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired.

ISBN:

9781604654905

1604654902

Publisher Number:

CC2065DDVD

Other Number:

747732104

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

311603

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD MOVIE Four fea

Medium:

[videorecording]