The Journey (1959)

The Journey (1959) (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
120 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1959 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Anatole Litvak

Written By:
George Tabori

Actors:
Deborah Kerr ..... Diana Ashmore
Yul Brynner ..... Major Surov
Jason Robards ..... Paul Kedes (as Jason Robards Jr.)
Robert Morley ..... Hugh Deverill
E.G. Marshall ..... Harold Rhinelander
Anne Jackson ..... Margie Rhinelander
Ron Howard ..... Billy Rhinelander (as Ronny Howard)
Flip Mark ..... Flip Rhinelander
Kurt Kasznar ..... Csepege
David Kossoff ..... Simon Avron
Gérard Oury ..... Teklel Hafouli
Marie Daëms ..... Françoise Hafouli (as Marie Daems)
Anouk Aimee ..... Eva
Barbara von Nady ..... Borbala (as Barbara Von Nady)
Maurice Sarfati ..... Jacques Fabbry

Synopsis:

In the immediate aftermath of the Soviet invasion of Hungary in 1956, a group of international travelers are stranded at Budapest airport. They are told they will have to take a bus to Vienna, several hundred kilometers away. The trip is uneventful but on the Hungarian side of the border they are stopped by the Soviets and forced to stay in a hotel until their clearance to leave the country is received. Soviet Major Sorov is genial and treats them well, but rightly suspects that they may not all be foreigners. He takes a particular interest in a British traveler, Diana Ashmore, and the others begin to feel they are being kept there because of her. Throughout, Hungarian resistance fighters mount a futile campaign of resistance against their new oppressors.

The two romantic leads in this standard but well-acted political drama renew a famous pairing that began with The King and I in 1956. Deborah Kerr is Lady Diana Ashmore, caught at the wrong side of the Hungarian-Austrian border in 1956, and Yul Brynner is Major Surov, a Russian commander who works at the border crossing. With the outbreak of the 1956 rebellion, the Budapest airport is shut down and Diana, along with other international travelers, are forced to reach Vienna by bus. Along for the ride is one of the Hungarian dissenters hunted by the police, Paul (Jason Robards, Jr. in his screen debut). Diana and Paul are in love and she is determined to protect his secret. Major Surov suspects a rebel is hidden on the bus, but he does not know which passenger is the guilty one. As interaction continues at the border, Diana is attracted to the Major and his complex character, even against her will. Their developing relationship and strong personalities carry the story from start to finish.

Budapest 1956. A group of Westerners try to leave the city when Soviet military occupy the country. But the airport is closed down and they have to take a bus to the border. At the border they are stopped by red tape - and Major Surov. The reasons are sketchy, but it seems that the major is romantically interested in one of the westerners, Diana Ashmore.

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