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TWO FILM DVD: AGAINST THE WIND (1948) + REFUGE ENGLAND (1959)

Directed by Charles Crichton Written by T.E.B. Clarke Michael Pertwee J. Elder Wills Robert Beatty as Father Philip Elliot Simone Signoret as Michèle Denis Jack Warner as Max Cronk Gordon Jackson as Scotty Duncan Paul Dupuis as Jacques Picquart Gisèle Préville as Julie James Robertson Justice as Ackerman André Morell as Abbott Eugene Deckers as Marcel van Hecke John Slater as Emile Meyer Peter Illing as Andrew Sybille Binder as Florence Malou Andrew Blackett as Frankie Arthur Lawrence as Capt. Verreker Directed by Robert Vas Laszlo Marton ... (writer) Robert Vas ... (writer)Cast Bill Collins Abdul Hamid Khan Tibor Molnár Leonard Ryland
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AGAINST THE WIND (1948):

Roman Catholic priest Father Elliott goes to the Natural History Museum to meet a section-head in the wartime British Special Operations Executive. On accepting his offer to train for covert operations behind enemy lines in Belgium, he meets a disparate group of existing recruits, including Michèle, a Belgian émigrée, whose sweetheart has died in the occupation of Belgium; Emile, who misses his family; and Julie, who flirts with Father Elliott, despite his celibate status. Michèle's motives are initially questioned before she is finally given the green light for operations abroad. On completion of their training, Father Elliott and Julie are parachuted into Belgium, briefed to destroy a Nazi records office in Brussels and to spring prominent SOE agent Andrew from custody. 

DVD-R is in English with no subtitles. Approx. 91 mins. See film sample for audio and video quality!

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REFUGE ENGLAND (1959):

The film follows a Hungarian refugee arriving in London, speaking no English and with little money; the only prospect of help being an address given to him by a fellow refugee. He makes poignant observations about British society, playing the critical flanuer. Finally, after much disappointment, he finds the correct address and receives food and shelter.

DVD-R is in English with no subtitles. Approx. 25 mins. See film sample for audio and video quality!

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