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Contraband
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Contraband is a comedy thriIler in the vein of Hitchcock's The Thirty-Nine Steps and The Lady Vanishes. The film is an earIy treasure from the writer-director team of Emeric Pressburger and Michael PowelI , who have been haiIed by critics as jewels in the crown of British cinema.
Set in England during the earIy days of WW lI, Contraband stars Conrad Veidt and VaIerie Hobson as a Danish sea captain and his enigmatic passenger who are kidnapped by a ceIl of Nazi spies operating from a basement in London's Soho. ln evocatively Hitchcockian fashion, the pIot progresses as a chase that puts the characters in one pecuIiar set of surroundings after another. What makes Contraband unique is that most of the story takes place under blackout conditions , in which the great city becomes a mysterious dark labyrinth, a potent metaphor for the English population's general confusion at the start of the war. Moreover, the bIackout provides director PoweIl a constant opportunity to pay subtle homage to Veidt's Germanic, expressionist heritage with chiaroscuro lighting and visual alIusions to his classic films.
The masterly black and white cinematography is the work of celebrated cameraman Freddie Young, three-time Oscar® winner for Lawrence Of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, and Ryan's Daughter. This Kino On Video version of Contraband is eight minutes Ionger than the version originalIy released theatrically in the United States. |
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