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THE HUNTER BECOMES THE HUNTED
Fritz Lang’s Vintage World War II Thriller Arrives On DVD For The First Time Ever May 19 From Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Loaded With Exclusive Bonus Features Including A Restoration Comparison, Still Gallery, Interactive Pressbook And More
CENTURY CITY, Calif. – Hand-picked from the vault and meticulously restored and remastered Fritz Lang’s (Metropolis, M) classic 1941 Nazi war film, MAN HUNT, arrives on DVD for the very first time May 19 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Set in Nazi Germany, MAN HUNT stars Oscar® nominee Walter Pidgeon (How Green Was My Valley, Forbidden Planet) as Captain Thorndike, an English big-game hunter who conceives the fantastic notion of stalking Adolf Hitler for sport. With The Führer in his sight, Thorndike hesitates and debates with himself whether or not to pull the trigger, ultimately being apprehended by the Gestapo during this brief moment of reflection. Thorndike is interrogated and tortured by Nazi officer Major Quive-Smith (George Sanders; All About Eve, Hangover Square). Left for dead, his body thrown over a cliff, Thorndike survives and makes his way back to the safety of England. But Quive-Smith pursues Thorndike back to London, where he goes into hiding with a young prostitute (Joan Bennett; The Woman in the Window, Scarlet Street) who has the Nazi spies close in on him. Best known for his groundbreaking silent films and contributions to the Film Noir genre and dubbed “The Master of Darkness” by the British Film Institute, MAN HUNT is Lang’s first anti-Nazi feature. Loaded with commentary by author Patrick McGilligan, “Rogue Male: The Making of Man Hunt” and more.
