Passage to marseille 1944 directed by michael curtiz. Youll find related movie titles and typography in the 19401944 and 1940s trailers sections. Unfolded in a complex flashbackwithinflashback structure, this is the story of matrac humphrey bogart, a freedomloving french journalist who sacrifices his happiness and security to battle. On the way home, one bomber makes a detour over the town where paula matrac. James wong howes closeups of the cast, especially bogart, are art pieces begging for a frame. Wartime heroics never seemed exploited in quite so complex a fashion as passage to marseille, directed by michael curtiz bogart, a french journalist framed for murder because of his political views and sent to devils island during world war ii, escapes from his penal hell with four other convicts and winds up on a french freighter bound for home hoping to rejoin the fighting free. Bogart plays jean matrac, a world war ii french patriot who escapes devils island, survives a dangerous freighter voyage and becomes a gunner in the free french air corps. Passage to marseille 1944 official wb region 2 pal. Released 1944, passage to marseille stars humphrey bogart, michele morgan, claude rains, philip dorn the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 50 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. The screenplay was by casey robinson and jack moffitt from the novel sans patrie men without country by charles nordhoff and james norman hall. Media in category passage to marseille this category contains only the following file. Five patriotic convicts are helped to escape imprisonment in devils island so they can fight for occupied free french forces against the nazis. Matrac humphrey bogart is a freedomloving french journalist who sacrifices his happiness and security to battle nazi tyranny.
James norman hall, jack moffitt, elick moll, charles nordhoff. Passage to marseille trailer 1944 trailer for passage to marseille. After their oil tanker is sunk by a german uboat, the crew mans a lifeboat back to america, and before long, are back at sea delivering supplies to russia and shooting down nazi planes. Once aboard, the men tell the ships captain, patain malo victor francen, that they are. A german photographer was on hand to document it all. Buy passage to marseille 1944 official wb region 2 pal release from amazons movies store. Passage to marseille 1944 was trying a little too hard with the storytelling, which didnt work to perfection, but was a interesting attempt. Bogart plays jean matrac, a world war ii french patriot who escapes devils island, survives a dangerous freighter voyag. Watch passage to marseille full movie in hd visit matrac humphrey bogart is a freedomloving french journalist w. The audio passage to marseille comes to bluray with a strong english dtshd master audio 2. The novel tells the story through a fictional firstperson narrator by the name of roger byam, based on actual crew member peter heywood. Although the film was a success at the box office and was a prime example of the wartime propaganda films made. Directed by michael curtiz casablanca 1942 reuniting several from that film with a screenplay by casey robinson captain blood 1935 and jack moffitt that was based on a novel by charles nordhoff and james norman hall this somewhat confusing war drama adventure recognizes the contributions of the free french.
Designed as a followup to the enormously successful casablanca, passage to marseille utilizes the talents of many of the on and offscreen personnel of. Once aboard, the men tell the ships captain, patain malo victor francen. He is noted for his aerial battles during the north african campaign and his bohemian lifestyle. Passage to marseille 1944 flickers in timeflickers in. Passage to marseille 1944 during world war ii, a french ship finds five men drifting in a small boat. One of the most successful fighter pilots, he was nicknamed the star of africa. As french bomber crews prepare an air raid from a base in england, we learn the story of matrac, a french journalist who opposed the munich pact. Passage to marseille, also known as message to marseille, is a 1944 war film made by warner brothers, directed by michael curtiz.
That quote pretty much sums up why the world war ii thriller passage to marseille, while not a bad flick, fails to recapture the magic of casablanca. The warner archive collection bluray of passage to marseille has a big surprise for us after sixty years of murky old prints with fluttering contrast, this hd scan and restoration makes michael curtizs show look like a million francs. Passage to marseille 1944 movie clip i accuse daladier. Sorry but this is probably the worst prime bogart movie that i have ever seen. During world war ii, a french ship finds five men drifting in a small boat. Warners brought most of the production team and actors responsible for casablanca back together two years later in passage to marseille1944 but the results were not as they expected. Humphrey bogart reunites with director michael curtiz and other key casablanca personnel including costars claude rains, peter lorre and sydney greenstreet for a tensionswept passage to marseille. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Pacing very erratic taking an age to actually get to the main story. Passage to marseille manufactured on demand, full frame. Mutiny on the bounty is the title of the 1932 novel by charles nordhoff and james norman hall, based on the mutiny against lieutenant william bligh, commanding officer of the bounty in 1789. The french police assist in checking through the identity papers of 40, 000 people.
Passage to marseille is presented on a duallayer 50gb bluray mpeg4 avc video with a 1. Passage to marseille 1944 michael curtiz christian annyas. The music score was by max steiner and the cinematography was by james wong howe. A french air force bombs germany, and on the way back gunner jean matrac humphrey bogart drops a letter to a woman. Hall, escaped convicts on a ship fight for free france rather than go along with the militarys capitulation. Passage to marseille, bluray, manufactured on demand, full frame, digital theater system, ntsc format, war drama, action adventure, 888574347536. Passage to marseille 1944 passage to marseille 1944. Passage to marseille 1944 full movie download full hd. At devils island, grandpere vladimir sokoloff sizing up renault, marius et al philip dorn, peter lorre, george tobias, helmut dantine, who tell backstory on their comrade matrac humphrey bogart, appearing with wifetobe paula michele morgan, in passage to. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
The jewish population from the old quarter is segregated. Extras here are ported over from the previous dvd release and include. Designed as a followup to the enormously successful casablanca, passage to marseille utilizes the talents of many of the on and offscreen personnel of the earlier warner bros. Passage to marseille je americki ratni film snimljen 1944. Released in 1944, a little over a year after that alltime classic, this film features many of the same cast members, the same composer max steiner, the same. Passage to marseille 1944 02161944 us adventure, drama, history 1h 49m user score.
Costars alan hale, julie bishop, sam levene, and ruth gordon. With humphrey bogart, claude rains, michele morgan, philip dorn. Around 2000 jews are identified and detained separately. The city was occupied from november 1942 to august 1944 and during this period was a part of the german south wall. It became heavily fortified with several gun batteries and air defenses. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube. Marseille was the germans main port in the mediterranean. German troops seal off the old port quarter of marseille, the harbour side community.
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