Secret Army (Complete Series) - 12-DVD Box Set ( Secret Army (Series One, Two & Three) )

Secret Army (Complete Series) - 12-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

$75.99

Alternate Title: Secret Army (Series One, Two & Three)
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
2284 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Documentary
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Photo Gallery
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1977 - 1979 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Terence Dudley

Written By:
N.J. Crisp

Actors:
Bernard Hepton ..... Albert Foiret
Jan Francis ..... Lisa 'Yvette' Colbert
Angela Richards ..... Monique Duchamps
Clifford Rose ..... Sturmbannführer Ludwig Kessler
Michael Culver ..... Major Erwin Brandt
Juliet Hammond ..... Natalie Chantrens (as Juliet Hammond-Hill)
Valentine Dyall ..... Dr. Pascal Keldermans
Ron Pember ..... Alain Muny
Stephen Yardley ..... Max Brocard
Michael Hawkins ..... Paymaster
James Greene ..... Brigadier General Markham
Alexander Davion ..... Duvivier (as Alex Davion)
John D. Collins ..... Insp. Paul Delon
Jason Kemp ..... Dakota Pilot
Robert Howie ..... Navigator
Peter A. Tullo ..... Wireless Operator (as Peter Tullo)
Trevor Griffiths ..... Belgian Farmer
Peter Land ..... Devouglaar
Crawford Logan ..... Hauptmann Schmidt
Tom Cotcher ..... Evader
Richard Hampton ..... Rescue Worker
Harry Fielder ..... Candide patron (uncredited)
Stephen Reed ..... Soldier (uncredited)

Synopsis:

Secret Army is the compelling story of the brave men and women of the Lifeline resistance network who, from 1942 to the end of the war, risked their lives helping Allied aircrew to return home, despite the constant threat posed by the forces of the Third Reich. All forty-two episodes of this highly-acclaimed BBC drama series are available for the first time in this DVD boxset. Principal Lifeline operatives include: cafe and restaurant owner Albert Foiret (Bernard Hepton); his mistress Monique Duchamps (Angela Richards); young waitress and guide Natalie Chantrens (Juliet Hammond-Hill); founder of the line, Lisa 'Yvette' Colbert (Jan Francis); British Flight Lieutenant John Curtis (Christopher Neame); wily forger Max Brocard (Stephen Yardley); doctor Pascal Keldermans (Valentine Dyall); and radio operator Alain Muny (Ron Pember). Their formidable German opponents include: head of the Gestapo in Brussels, Sturmbannfuhrer Ludwig Kessler (Clifford Rose); and Luftwaffe Majors Erwin Brandt (Michael Culver) and Hans Dietrich Reinhardt (Terrence Hardiman).

All three series of the BBC 1970s wartime drama 'Secret Army' which portrayed the war waged by one group of Belgian resistance fighters against German occupation during the Second World War. The episodes include: 'Lisa - Code Name Yvette', 'Sergeant On the Run', 'Radishes With Butter', 'Child's Play', 'Second Chance', 'Growing Up', 'Lost Sheep', 'Guilt', 'Too Near Home', 'Identity in Doubt', 'A Question of Loyalty', 'Hymn to Freedom', 'Bait', 'Good Friday', 'Suspicions', 'Be the First Kid in Your Block to Rule the World', 'The Hostage', 'Russian Roulette', 'Lucky Piece', 'Trapped', 'Not According to Plan', 'Scorpion', 'Weekend', 'The Big One', 'Little Old Lady', 'Guests at God's Table', 'A Matter of Life and Death', 'Prisoner of War', 'Day of Wrath', 'The Last Run', 'Invasions', 'Revenge', 'A Safe Place', 'Ring of Rosies', 'Prisoner', 'Ambush', 'Just Light the Blue Touch-Paper', 'Sound of Thunder', 'Collaborator', 'Days of Judgement', 'Bridgehead' and 'The Execution'.

In this series, inspired by real events during World War II, the kind, intelligent and worrisome Albert Foiret runs both a café, which is the only notable public house in a small Belgian town, where locals therefore naturally mix with the Nazi occupation forces, and a just as publicity-shy (even his bed-ridden wife knows nothing) network of the Belgian resistance, devoted to the evacuation of shot-down Allied pilots to Britain. He and his secret 'army' (including some of his staff and the Brussels Dr. Pascal Keldermans), taking orders by illegal radio from London, constantly risk their lives -and if caught by the professionally torturing Gestapo, possibly everyone else's- to find the pilots, hide, nurse and prepare them for the long, dangerous journey out of the Reich under the Nazis' noses, a never ending cat-and-mouse game against specialized German hunters, run by the gentleman Luftwaffe (Air Force)- Major Erwin Brandt and the ruthless Nazi 'secret state police' run by the cunning, authoritarian Sturmbannfuhrer Ludwig Kessler, whose devotion to Hitlers cause is boundless. Only when the Allies advance on the Ardennes after the Normandy landing, the rules and central cast start changing...

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 30 August, 2016.