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Morituri / Twentieth Century Fox presents ; an Aaron Rosenberg production ; screenplay by Daniel Taradash ; produced by Aaron Rosenberg ; directed by Bernhard Wicki.

Contributor(s): Language: English, Spanish Original language: English Series: Fox war classicsPublication details: Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, c2004.Description: 1 videodisc (124 min.) : sd., b&w. ; 4 3/4 inUniform titles:
  • Morituri (Motion picture)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • DVC 5848 (viewing copy)
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Conrad Hall ; music, Jerry Goldsmith ; associate producer, Barney Rosenzweig ; art direction, Jack Martin Smith, Herman A. Blumenthal ; set decorations, Walter M. Scott, Jerry Wunderlich ; assistant director, David Silver ; costumes designed by Moss Mabry ; film editor, Joseph Silver ; sound, Garry Harris, David Dockendorf ; orchestration, Arthur Morton.
Cast: Marlon Brando, Yul Brynner, Janet Margolin, Martin Benrath, Hans Christian Blech, Wally Cox, Max Haufler, Rainer Penkert, William Redfield, Trevor Howard.Summary: A German war deserter is blackmailed into conducting an apparent suicide mission for the British. Forced to pose as an SS officer, Robert Crain must seize a German freighter booby-trapped to explode upon capture. Complicating the situation, sixteen prisoners of war are also brought on board, including a beautiful young concentration camp survivor.
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Dual layer.

Based on the novel by Werner Joerg Luedecke.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1965.

Also issued as part of the Heroes of war collection, navy battles.

Director of photography, Conrad Hall ; music, Jerry Goldsmith ; associate producer, Barney Rosenzweig ; art direction, Jack Martin Smith, Herman A. Blumenthal ; set decorations, Walter M. Scott, Jerry Wunderlich ; assistant director, David Silver ; costumes designed by Moss Mabry ; film editor, Joseph Silver ; sound, Garry Harris, David Dockendorf ; orchestration, Arthur Morton.

Marlon Brando, Yul Brynner, Janet Margolin, Martin Benrath, Hans Christian Blech, Wally Cox, Max Haufler, Rainer Penkert, William Redfield, Trevor Howard.

A German war deserter is blackmailed into conducting an apparent suicide mission for the British. Forced to pose as an SS officer, Robert Crain must seize a German freighter booby-trapped to explode upon capture. Complicating the situation, sixteen prisoners of war are also brought on board, including a beautiful young concentration camp survivor.

Not rated.

DVD; region 1; NTSC; anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo, mono.

In English or dubbed Spanish with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

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