This Land Is Mine (1943)

This Land Is Mine (1943) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Oscar Academy Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
Spanish ( Mono )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
142 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1943 and produced in:
Spain ( Spain, Portugal )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Jean Renoir

Written By:
Dudley Nichols

Actors:
Charles Laughton ..... Albert Lory
George Coulouris ..... Prosecuting Attorney
George Sanders ..... George Lambert
Ivan F. Simpson ..... Judge (as Ivan Simpson)
John Donat ..... Edmund Lorraine
Kent Smith ..... Paul Martin
Maureen O'Hara ..... Louise Martin
Nancy Gates ..... Julie Grant
Philip Merivale ..... Prof. Sorel
Thurston Hall ..... Mayor Henry Manville
Una O'Connor ..... Mrs. Emma Lory
Walter Slezak ..... Maj. Erich von Keller

Synopsis:

Written by Dudley Nichols and directed by French expatriate director Jean Renoir, This Land is Mine is one of those 'inspirational' wartime dramas... The scene is an unnamed European country, recently overrun by the Nazis (this takes place during a 'silent' opening sequence that's the best thing in the film). Charles Laughton plays Albert Lory, a mama's-boy schoolmaster who is the object of his students' ridicule. A craven coward, Lory is held responsible when resistance fighter Paul Martin (Kent Smith), the brother of beauteous teacher Louise Martin (Maureen O'Hara), is executed by the Nazis, though in fact it was Lory's panic-stricken mother (Una O'Connor) who betrayed Paul by informing on him to his friend and collaborator George Lambert (George Sanders).

In a Nazi-occupied French town, meek and mild-mannered teacher Albert Lory lives with his mother. Few people, including his students, have any respect for him and he literally shakes in his boots during an air raid. He is quite friendly with his fellow teacher, Louise Martin and her brother Paul who also happen to be neighbors. If truth be told, Albert is quite in love with Louise but she is in a relationship with George Lambert and he feels she is quite beyond his reach. Paul is a member of the resistance and is killed when Lambert informs the Nazis. Outraged at what he's done, Albert arrives at Lambert's office just as the informer commits suicide. Albert is charged with murder but the local Nazi commander, Major Erich von Keller, offers him a deal: if Albert agrees to remain silent rather then continue a speech in his own defense which is arousing fellow citizens, he will ensure a not guilty verdict. Albert returns to the courtroom and in an act of bravery urges his fellow citizens to fight their oppressors.

Albert Lory is a teacher at a school in German-occupied France. He is a coward, but he is drawn into the actions of the resistance. Arrested by the Germans because of an alleged murder, a German officer promises him freedom, if he is willing to collaborate against French resistance (by discontinuing his defense speech, which is arousing the citizens in court).

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