To the Fore - BLU-RAY

Dreverhaven is dead. The city's most feared bailiff, the curse of the poor, the agent of law without compassion discovered with a knife through his heart. A self-taught lawyer who just passes his exams was the last person to see Dreverhaven alive. Now, the police want to know why he visited the old man, and the young barrister is ready to tell the story of a lifetime.Based on the popular classic 1938 Dutch novel by Ferdinand Bordewijk,

In a world shattered by war and plague, a band of survivors takes refuge in a fortified sanctuary known as The Fort. But safety comes at a cost as mistrust, hidden agendas, and rising darkness threaten to tear them apart. Bound by faith and courage, they must stand united to defend their home and the future of humanity.

This acclaimed comedy - with it's serious, compelling theme - vividly brings to life one of America's most disturbing memories the Communist witch hunts of the '50s. Woody Allen stars as Howard Prince - a small-time restaurant cashier, part-time bookie and full-time loser - who is induced by a writer-friend to front for the submission of his TV scripts when he is blacklisted as an alleged subversive. Howard is soon fronting for other writers. He becomes a celebrity and is lionized as television's most brilliant and prolific young author. But when popular TV comic Hecky Brown (Zero Mostel) is blacklisted and his career is threatened, he agrees to keep Howard under surveillance. Howard is then summoned to appear before an investigative committee and his stand before them brings about an unexpected dramatic conclusion.