| | Tytuł oryginalny: | The 39 Steps | | Tytuł polski: | | | Rok produkcji: | 1935 | | Kraj: | United Kingdom | | Reżyseria: | Alfred Hitchcock | | Obsada: | Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle, Peggy Ashcroft, John Laurie, Helen Haye, Frank Cellier, Wylie Watson | Opis:
A high point of Hitchcocks pre-Hollywood career, 1935s The Thirty-Nine Steps is the first and best of three film versions of John Buchanns rather stiff novel. Robert Donat plays the rancher embroiled in a plot to steal British military secrets. He finds himself on the run, falsely accused of murder, while also pursuing the dastardly web of spies alluded to in the title. With a plot whose twists and turns match the hilly Scottish terrain in which much of the film is set, The Thirty-Nine Steps combines a breezy suavity with a palpable psychological tension. Hitchcock was already a master at conveying such tension through his cinematic methods, rather than relying just on situation or dialogue. Sometimes his ways of bringing the best out of his actors brought the worst out in himself. If the scene in which Donat is handcuffed to co-star Madeline Carroll has a certain edge, for instance, thats perhaps because the director mischievously cuffed them together in a rehearsal, then left them attached for a whole afternoon, pretending to have lost the key. The movie also introduces Hitchcocks favoured plot device, the "McGuffin" (here, the military secret), the unexplained device or "non-point" on which the movie turns. -- David Stubbs
Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed -- with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it all to Scotland Yard, he heads for the hills of Scotland to try to clear his name by locating the spy ring known as "The 39 Steps.
| | Obraz: | 1.37 | | Czas trwania: | 86 min | | Dźwięk: | English Dolby Digital, Commentary Dolby Digital | | Napisy: | brak polskich, English | | Polska wersja językowa: | brak | | Dodatki: | Black & White, Commentary, Documentary, Featurette, Interactive Menu, Photo Gallery, Posters, Scene Access, | | Region: | Region B/2 (Polska, Europa) | | Ilość dysków: | 1 | | # CAT: 121[zasłonięte]4106 # TRAITPL1: # TRAITPL2: # |
Nowe, zafoliowane
|
