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Days of Glory (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Oscar Academy Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
86 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1944 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Jacques Tourneur

Written By:
Melchior Lengyel
Casey Robinson

Actors:
Tamara Toumanova ..... Nina Ivanova
Gregory Peck ..... Vladimir
Alan Reed ..... Sasha
Maria Palmer ..... Yelena
Lowell Gilmore ..... Semyon
Hugo Haas ..... Fedor
Dena Penn ..... Olga
Glen Vernon ..... Mitya (as Glenn Vernon)
Igor Dolgoruki ..... Dmitri
Edward L. Durst ..... Petrov (as Edward Durst)
Lou Crosby ..... Johann Staub

Synopsis:

Like Song of Russia and Mission to Moscow before it, Days of Glory is a paean to the courage and resourcefulness of the Soviet Union during WW2 (this was long before the Russians became the stock villains in Hollywood films!) Producer Casey Robinson took a gamble with the project, casting the leading roles with movie newcomers. Heading the cast is Broadway actor Gregory Peck as Vladimir, the leader of a band of Soviet guerilla fighters. Tamara Toumanova, former premier ballerina of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, costars as Nina, whose love for Vladimir is surpassed by her love for Mother Russia (Toumanova was at the time the wife of producer Robinson). The actors speak in long, lyrical monologues about freedom, sacrifice and the indomitability of the human spirit: fascinating at first, the excess verbiage begins to wear on the viewer after three or four reels. In traditional underground-movie fashion, hero and heroine are obliged to give up their own lives for the sake of their countrymen, in a reasonably spectacular climactic battle sequence. Budgeted at nearly a million dollars, Days of Glory lost heavily at the box-office, though critics and audiences alike were in agreement that Gregory Peck had some potential as a screen presence.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 06 April, 2009.

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