StudioCanal will release on Blu-ray Herbert Wilcox's film
Odette (1950), starring Anna Neagle, Trevor Howard, Marius Goring, Bernard Lee, and Peter Ustinov. The release will be available for purchase on June 10.
Synopsis: A classic tale of bravery and courage during WWII, Odette tells the true story of female war hero Odette Hallowes. After volunteering her services to the Special Operations Executive, Odette is dispatched into Nazi occupied France and thrown into an intense world of espionage. Whilst on a deadly mission working for the French Resistance, her cover is blown and Odette is captured and interrogated by ruthless Gestapo officers. But, even after being brutally tortured and sentenced to death in a concentration camp, Odette still refuses to reveal any information concerning her original mission and her fellow spies
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW DIGITAL RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- Those British Faces: Anna Neagle
- New interview with Sebastian Faulks
- Interview with Odette Sansom (1980)
- Captain Peter Churchill And Odette Sanson Get Married In London (1947) - archival footage
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
- AND MORE...