Overlord [blu-ray]

Seamlessly interweaving archival war footage and a fictional narrative, this immersive account by Stuart Cooper of one twenty-year-old's journey from basic training to the front lines of D-day brings to life all the terrors and isolation of war with jolting authenticity.

Allgemeine Anmerkung:

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1975.

Special features: Commentary (featuring director Stuart Cooper and actor Brian Stirner); Mining the archive (a 2007 video piece featuring archivists from London's Imperial War Museum detailing the footage used in the film); Soldiers' journals (excerpts from the journals of two D-day soldier, read by Stirner); Capa influences Cooper (a 2007 photo essay featuring Cooper on photographer Robert Capa); Germany calling (a 1941 Ministry of Information propaganda film, clips of which appear in Overlord); Cameramen at war (the British Ministry of Information's 1943 film tribute to newsreel and service film unit cameramen); A test of violence (Cooper's 1969 short film about the Spanish artist Juan Genoes); Trailer.

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Brian Stirner, Davyd Harries, Nicholas Ball, Julie Neesam, Sam Sewell, John Franklyn-Robbins, Stella Tanner.

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Blu-ray, region A, 1.66:1 aspect ratio, 16x9 widescreen, monoaural.

Schlagwortbegriff:

World War, 1939-1945 -- Drama.

Soldiers -- Biography -- Drama.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy -- Drama.

Gattung:

War films.

Documentary-style films.

Fiction films.