British war collection. A01.

Five classic British war movies depicting the drama and courage of a nation and its citizens during World War II.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies. Rovi K-12 education materials.
Main Author:	Brickhill, Paul (Author)
Corporate Authors:	Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc Studio Canal+
Other Authors:	Hawkins, Jack, 1910-1973 (Actor) Sinden, Donald (Actor) Norman, Les (Producer) Frend, Charles, 1909-1977 (Director) Attenborough, Richard (Actor) Baker, George, 1931-2011 (Actor) Relph, Michael (Producer, Director) Dearden, Basil, 1911-1971 (Producer, Director) Banks, Leslie, 1890-1952 (Actor) Lohr, Marie, 1890-1975 (Actor) Cavalcanti, Alberto (Director) Balcon, Michael, 1896-1977 (Producer) Todd, Richard, 1919-2009 (Actor) Redgrave, Michael (Actor) Anderson, Michael, 1920-2018 (Director) Mills, John, 1908-2005 (Actor) Hamilton, Guy, 1922-2016 (Director) Foxwell, Ivan, 1914-2002 (Producer) Monsarrat, Nicholas, 1910-1979 Greene, Graham, 1904-1991 Reid, P. R. (Patrick Robert), 1910-1990
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Studio Canal : Anchor Bay, [2005]
Series:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies. Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:	War films. Feature films. Film adaptations. World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, British > Drama. World War, 1939-1945 > Motion pictures and the war. World War, 1939-1945 > England > Drama. World War, 1939-1945 > Veterans > Great Britain > Drama. World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, British > Drama. Prisoner-of-war escapes > Drama. Schloss Colditz (Colditz, Germany) > Drama.
Genre:	Drama.
Physical Description:	5 videodiscs (535 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	Video DVD

Contents:

[part 1.] The cruel sea / (Cast: Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden, Stanley Baker, Denholm Elliott, Virginia McKenna) ; (producer, Leslie Norman ; director, Charles Frend ; screenplay, Eric Ambler ; music, Alan Rawsthorne) (based on the novel by Micholas Monsarrat) (1952) (127 min.)
[part 2.] The ship that died of shame / (Cast: Richard Attenborough, George Baker, Bill Owen, Virginia McKenna) (produced and directed by Michael Relph and Basil Dearden ; screenplay: John Whiting, Michael Relph and Basil Dearden) (based on the story by Nicholas Monsarrat) (1955) (92 min.)
[part 3.] Went the day well? / (Cast: Leslie Banks, Elizabeth Allan, Basil Sydney, Mervyn Johns, Marie Lohr, Frank Lawton) (producer, Michael Balcon ; director, Alberto Cavalcanti ; story and screenplay: John Dighton, Diana Morgan and Angus MacPhail) (from the story by Graham Greene) (1942) (93 min.)
[part 4.] The dam busters / (Cast: Richard Todd, Michael Redgrave) (director, Michael Anderson ; screenplay, R.C. Sherriff ; director of photography, Erwin Hillier ; editor, Richard Best ; music, Leighton Lucas) (based on the book by Paul Brickhill and Wing Cmdr. Gibson's own account Enemy coast ahead) (1954) (125 min.)
[part 5.] The Colditz story / (Cast: John Mills, Eric Portman, Lionel Jeffries, Bryan Forbes, Ian Carmichael, Richard Wattis) (director, Guy Hamilton ; producer, William Douglas Home ; adaptation and script: Guy Hamilton and Ivan Foxwell ; music, Francis Chagrin) (based on the novel by P.R. Reid) (1955) (98 min.).