Morituri

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

Bernhard Wicki directed this hard-hitting World War II espionage drama. Marlon Brando plays Robert Crain, a German deserter who is coerced by British Intelligence officer Colonel Statter (Trevor Howard) to impersonate a Gestapo officer in order to get aboard a German blockade runner that is conveying a valuable rubber cargo from the Orient. Crain's assignment is to save the rubber by finding a way to deactivate the explosives that the ship's captain would use to destroy the ship if captured by the enemy. Crain finds his way aboard the ship, but the ship's commander Captain Mueller (Yul Brynner), skeptical of the Nazis, refuses to let Crain out of his sight. When survivors of a sunken vessel board the ship, and Crain realizes that his identity may be exposed by two rescued German submarine officers, he incites Mueller's officers and the new arrivals to mutiny before his true identity is revealed. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: 1
• Number of Discs: 1
• Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo
• Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 (Theatre Wide Screen)
• Features:
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  • [None specified]

AWARDS

• Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

•     Nominated Best Black and White Costume Design - 1965 (Moss Mabry)
•     Nominated Best Cinematography - 1965 (Conrad L. Hall)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Marlon Brando - Robert Crain
       Yul Brynner - Capt. Muller
       Janet Margolin - Esther
       Trevor Howard - Col. Statler
       Marlin Beneath - Kruse
       Hans - Christian Blech - Donkeyman
       Wally Cox - Dr. Ambach
       Max Haufler - Branner
       Rainer Penkert - Milkereit
       William Redfield - Baldwin
       Oscar Beregi - Admiral
       Martin Brandt - Nissen
       Charles de Vries - Kurz
       Carl Esmond - Busch
       Martin Kosleck - Wilke
       Norbert Schiller - Steward
       Rick Traeger - Crew Member
       Ivan Triesault - Lt. Brandt
       Bob Wilke - Cmdr. Kelling

• Director:

  Bernhard Wicki

• Producer:

  Aaron Rosenberg

• Screenwriter:

  Daniel Taradash

• Book Author:

  Werne Joerg Luedecke

• Cinematographer:

  Conrad L. Hall

• Composer (Music Score):

  Jerry Goldsmith

• Editor:

  Joseph Silver

• Art Director:

  Herman A. Blumenthal, Jack Martin Smith

• Set Designer:

  Walter Scott, Jerry Wunderlich

• Costume Designer:

  Moss Mabry

• Makeup:

  Ben Nye, Sr.

• Special Effects:

  L.B. Abbott, Emil Kosa, Jr.