| Contraband | |
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 Conrad Veidt |
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| Directed by | Michael Powell |
| Produced by | John Corfield |
| Written by | Michael Powell Emeric Pressburger |
| Starring | Conrad Veidt Valerie Hobson |
| Music by | Richard Addinsell |
| Cinematography | Freddie Young |
| Editing by | John Seabourne Sr. Michael Latham Powell ( 30 September 1905 &ndash 19 February 1990) was a British Film director, renowned for his partnership Emeric Pressburger ( 5 December &ndash 5 February) was an Oscar -winning Hungarian / British screenwriter film director and producer Conrad Veidt ( January 22 1893 &ndash April 3 1943) was a German Actor, well known for his roles in such films as Valerie Hobson ( 14 April 1917 Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland – 13 November 1998 Westminster Richard Stewart Addinsell ( January 13, 1904 - November 14, 1977) was a British composer best known for film music primarily his Freddie Young OBE, BSC ( 9 October, 1902 - 1 December, 1998) (sometimes credited as Frederick A |
| Distributed by | Anglo-American |
| Release date(s) | May 11, 1940 UK |
| Running time | 92 min. Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £47,000 (estimated) |
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It brought stars Conrad Veidt and Valerie Hobson together again after their success in The Spy in Black the previous year. Conrad Veidt ( January 22 1893 &ndash April 3 1943) was a German Actor, well known for his roles in such films as Valerie Hobson ( 14 April 1917 Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland – 13 November 1998 Westminster Its US title was Blackout.
Story
Danish Captain Andersen (Conrad Veidt) is stopped for a cargo inspection in a British Contraband Control Port in the early years of World War II. Conrad Veidt ( January 22 1893 &ndash April 3 1943) was a German Actor, well known for his roles in such films as World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including He gets some shore passes for himself and his First Officer but they are stolen by passengers Mrs. Sorensen (Valerie Hobson) and Mr. Valerie Hobson ( 14 April 1917 Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland – 13 November 1998 Westminster Pidgeon (Esmond Knight) who take a boat and go ashore. Esmond Penington Knight ( 4 May, 1906 – 23 February, 1987) was an English Actor. Capt. Andersen decides to follow them and the journey takes them through blacked-out London and to various strange characters and adventures.
Criticism
- "An odd little comic thriller - who, except perhaps Michael Powell, would cast 47-year-old Cabinet of Dr. Caligari star Conrad Veidt as a light romantic hero?" --- TV Guide online
- "Less stylish than The Spy in Black, this espionage thriller is more fun, with its tongue-in-cheek plot revelling in Hitchcockian eccentricities" --- Time Out
- "A neat Second World War espionage thriller that depicts a London crawling with spies" --- Radio Times
External links
- Contraband reviews and articles at the Powell & Pressburger Pages
- Contraband at the Internet Movie Database
- Contraband at the British Film Institute's Screenonline. Michael Latham Powell ( 30 September 1905 &ndash 19 February 1990) was a British Film director, renowned for his partnership Caligari redirects here For the company see Caligari Corporation. Conrad Veidt ( January 22 1893 &ndash April 3 1943) was a German Actor, well known for his roles in such films as Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 The British Film Institute ( BFI) is a charitable organisation established by Royal Charter to encourage the development of the arts of film television screenonline is a Web site devoted to the history of British film and television, and to Social history as revealed by film and television Full synopsis and film stills (and clips viewable from UK libraries).
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