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Blockade (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Oscar Academy Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

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

Running Time:
80 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1938 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
William Dieterle

Written By:
John Howard Lawson

Actors:
Madeleine Carroll ..... Norma
Henry Fonda ..... Marco
Leo Carrillo ..... Luis
John Halliday ..... Andre Gallinet
Reginald Denny ..... Edward Grant
Vladimir Sokoloff ..... Basil, Norma's Father
Robert Warwick ..... Vallejo
Fred Kohler ..... Pietro
Carlos De Valdez ..... Major Del Rio
Peter Godfrey ..... Roderigo - Cafe Magician
Nick Thompson ..... Beppo
Rosina Galli ..... Waitress
William B. Davidson ..... Commandant
Lupita Tovar ..... Cabaret Girl
Katherine DeMille ..... Peasant Girl

Synopsis:

In the spring of 1936 in Castelmare, the peasants Marco and Luis help the aristocratic Russian Norma that had a car accident while driving to the house of her father Basil and Marco falls in love with Norma. Soon the Spanish Civil War begins and Marco leads a group of peasants to defend Castelmare and he is assigned lieutenant of the rebels' army. Meanwhile, Basil and Norma are forced to spy for Andre Gallinet. Marco suspects of Basil and follows him to his room. When Basil reacts, Marco kills him in a shooting. Meanwhile, Castelmare is under siege and without supplies, and Norma escapes from Marco. But she is blackmailed by Gallibet and forced to return to Castelmare with information about the ship that is bringing supplies for the population.

A simple peasant is forced to take up arms to defend his farm during the Spanish Civil War. Along the way he falls in love with Russian whose father is involved in espionage.

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