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Fugitive Road
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Far from the horrific trench warfare raging in France, Prussian Captain OswaId Von Traunsee commands an outpost on the Austrian border. His soIdiers arrest Frank Riker, a wanted American gangster, as he attempts to cross the checkpoint. When the Captain sees Sonya VaIinoff, a beautiful young refugee, he is consumed with Iust and has his men detain her as weII. Captives Frank and Sonya falI in Iove. But when Von Traunsee orders the girl to attend a "romantic" dinner, alone in his quarters, Frank desperateIy tries to intercede before the brute can force himself on the innocent Sonya.
With a long career reaching back to cinema's earIiest days, Austrian born Erich Von Stroheim appears in both of D.W. Griffith's silent masterpieces, Birth of a Nation (1915) and lntoIerance (1916). ln 1924, Von Stroheim filmed his own masterwork, Greed. With a running time of over 10 hours, the fiIm was unmarketabIe. The studio sIashed the epic tale to 100 minutes. Von Stroheim's arrogance, disregard for budgets and his maniacal obsession with minute detaiI soured the studios on him as a director. His compeIling nature as an actor, however, allowed him to work steadiIy up through the 1950s. He earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayaI of Norma Desmond's faithfuI butler in Sunset Boulevard (1950). |
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