About this title: First filmed in 1928, Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winning novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey is given a ponderous treatment in this 1944 remake. Like the novel, the film begins at the end, with the collapse of a rope bridge in 18th century Peru. The story then flashes back to the lives of the five unfortunates killed in the collapse. Among the five are singer-turned-couresan Michaela (Lynn Bari), her obsequious Uncle Pio (Akim Tamiroff), feuding twin brothers Manuel and Estaban (both played by Francis Lederer) and the envious Marquesa (Nazimova). Trying to make sense of the lives and deaths of ...
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Format: DVD
Screen format: Full Screen
DVD region: 0
Studio: Image Entertainment
Date: 04/06/1999
UPC:014381536522
Description: Lynn Bari, Akim Tamiroff, Francis Lederer, Alla Nazimova, Louis Calhern. New. 1944 Run time: 108. Buy with confidence-Satisfaction Guaranteed! read more
Format: DVD
Screen format: Full Screen
DVD region: 1
Date: 04/06/1999
UPC:014381536522
Description: New in new packaging. USA Orders only! Brand New product! please allow delivery times of 3-7 business days within the USA; Attention UK customers, please use our UK account ImportCDsUK, thank you. read more
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