Morituri (1965)-Marlon Brando, Yul Brynner - May 21, 2019

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World War II espionage thriller Morituri (aka The Saboteur: Code Name Morituri) (1965) is coming to Blu-ray on May 21, 2019, from Twilight Time. This will be a limited edition of 3000 copies.

From IMDb.... A war pacifist is blackmailed to pose as an SS officer and to disable the scuttling explosives on freighter carrying rubber cargo to be captured by the Allies.

Directed by Bernhard Wicki, an Austrian actor and director who worked mostly in West German and Italian cinema. His directorial credits include The Bridge (available on Blu-ray from Criterion) and the German episodes of The Longest Day.

Starring:

Marlon Brando (The Godfather, A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront, The Young Lions, Apocalypse Now, Sayonara, One-Eyed Jacks)

Yul Brynner (The Magnificent Seven, The Ten Commandments, The King and I, Westworld, The Battle of Neretva)

Janet Margolin (David and Lisa, Nevada Smith, Annie Hall, Ghostbusters II, Take the Money and Run)

Trevor Howard (The Third Man, Brief Encounter, Von Ryan's Express, Father Goose, Ryan's Daughter)


Cinematography by Conrad L. Hall (Marathon Man, American Beauty, Road to Perdition, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, In Cold Blood, Hell in the Pacific)

Music by Jerry Goldsmith, who scored over 250 films, including Alien, Planet of the Apes, Patton, The Blue Max, Seconds, The Sand Pebbles, Von Ryan's Express, and Total Recall.


Informative article on the film from TCM: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/83982.../articles.html





Trailer

'morituri'(1965) - Trailer #bernhard wicki# - YouTube