The Cinema of Powell & Pressburger: Collection One (1939-1947) - BLU-RAY

Seven-disc set includes The Spy In Black (1939)Exciting WWI spy melodrama about a German submarine officer who smuggles himself into England to learn the sailing date of the British fleet. The first collaboration of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger co-stars Conrad Veidt, Valerie Hobson, and Marius Goring. 77 min. BW/Rtg NR 49th Parallel (1941)Taut British WWII thriller from Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger details the search for the crew of a German U-boat after the vessel runs aground in Canada's Hudson Bay. Laurence Olivier, Leslie Howard, Raymond Massey, Eric Portman, Anton Walbrook, Glynis Johns star in this Academy Award-winner for Best Story. AKA InchThe Invaders.Inch 123 min. BW/Rtg NR The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp (1943)The life, loves and career of an early 20th-century British soldier, from the Boer War to the London Blitz, are followed in this acclaimed Powell/Pressburger drama. Roger Livesey is the Inchgentleman officerInch who finds himself outdated in the era of modern warfare. Deborah Kerr co-stars in a multiple role. 163 min. C/Rtg NR A Canterbury Tale (1944)Underrated gem from Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger updates Chaucer's stories to World War II. Three British soldiers and an American G.I. retrace the route taken by pilgrims 600 years ago and share some mystifying experiences. Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, and Dennis Price star. 124 min. BW/Rtg NR A Matter Of Life And Death (1946)Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's classic fantasy/romance stars David Niven as Peter Carter, a WWII British pilot who miraculously survives a crash and goes on to fall for American WAC June (Kim Hunter). When a brain injury suffered in the accident leaves Carter near death, his spirit is summoned before a heavenly court where he pleads to be allowed to return to Earth. With Roger Livesey, Raymond Massey, Richard Attenborough, Marius Goring. A