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So Ends Our Night
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0089859843624
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Vci Video
Languages: English (Original Language),
Manufacturer: Vci Video
MPN: D8436D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Vci Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 19, 2006
Running Time: 117 minutes
Studio: Vci Video
Theatrical Release Date: February 27, 1941
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Editorial Review:
Based on Erich Maria Remarque's novel Flotsam - the film zeroes in on three German refugees during World War II who are at the beck and call of the Nazis, always hiding, always in fear of deportation. The settings for this adventure include WWII Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Margaret Sullavan, a Jewish chemist, is fleeing for her life; and Glenn Ford, born of a Jewish mother and Aryan father, is racked with confusion and torn loyalties. The three main characters separate as they move across Europe, just a step or so ahead of the advancing Nazis. As Sullavan and Ford fall in love, Fredric March's character puts his life on the line by trying to arrange a reunion with his ailing wife, Frances Dee, who has remained in Germany. Critics have stated that even though the score was nominated for an Oscar, it may have done even better at the box office, had it been released a few months after the US's entry into the war. Bonus Features: Scene Selection| Bios| Promo Trailer. Specs: DVD5; Dolby Digital; 117 minutes; B&W; 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio; MPAA - NR; Year - 1942; SRP - $14.99.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A major work, ahead of its time
This is an unjustly neglected work: complex, subtle, and harrowing in its treatment of one of the major tragedies of the 20th Century: the rise of Nazi Germany and the persecution of that murderous regime of jews and of course, any opponents.
One of the more striking features of the film is that it was released in 1941, well before the full horror of the Nazi concentration camps was made known to the world, and yet "So Ends our Night" eerily captures the totalitarian abomination taking over ... Read More
Rating: - Picture fantastic, but, oh the sound!
As all previous reviews state, the story and picture quality are more than adequate on this DVD release. The sound, however -- at least on my DVD -- sounds like it was mastered over a Trans-Atlantic telephone line. I get the feeling of rushing water every time I watch it. It doesn't muddy the dialogue too much, but it definitely could have been mastered using better soundtrack elements.
Rating: - Fascism's Human Cost: Moving, and Still Relevant
I just saw this over the weekend for the first time on dvd, though I'd seen it in college and never quite forgot it. The impact of Erich Maria Remarque's story of German refugees in Europe must've been enormous to those few who saw this sparsely distributed movie in 1940/1941.
The Historical Context
This film, made prior to the American entry to the war but after the fall of France, may have helped to prepare the American public for the coming war, as in The Mortal Storm and The ... Read More
Rating:  - Depressing but well done tale of expatriots in WW II
This is a very depressing but well done adaptation of Remarque's novel FLOTSAM - those without passports who are at the beck and call of all nations' police forces, always hiding, always being deported - set in WW II Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Margaret Sullavan shines in one of her finest performances as a Jewish chemist who must flee the Nazis. A very young Glenn Ford gives a fine performance as the idealistic young man who befriends her. Fredric March stars but his story is far less ... Read More
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