Port of Freedom Blu-ray
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Posted December 11, 2020 03:27 PM by Webmaster
Kino Lorber have announced that they will release on Blu-ray Helmut Käutner's film Port of Freedom a.k.a. Grosse Freiheit Nr. 7 (1944), starring Hans Albers, Ilse Werner, Hans Söhnker, Hilde Hildebrand, and Gustav Knuth. The release will be available for purchase on February 23.
Synopsis: Under the direction of Helmut Käutner (Black Gravel), German heartthrob Hans Albers stars as Hannes, a former sailor who now works as an entertainer, playing his accordion in the streets and cabarets of the garish red light district of Hamburg. When he meets a headstrong young farmgirl (Ilse Werner), Hannes's passions are reawakened, and he is torn between his love for Gisa and the beckoning call of the sea. Produced in Germany in the final years of World War II, Port of Freedom (Grosse Freiheit Nr. 7) demonstrates how independent-minded artists were able to circumvent the demands of state-run film industry under the Third Reich. Rather than a propagandistic celebration of German might, it is a melancholy ode to lost love and happier times, lavishly photographed by Werner Krien in the rich warmth of Agfacolor.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Synopsis: Under the direction of Helmut Käutner (Black Gravel), German heartthrob Hans Albers stars as Hannes, a former sailor who now works as an entertainer, playing his accordion in the streets and cabarets of the garish red light district of Hamburg. When he meets a headstrong young farmgirl (Ilse Werner), Hannes's passions are reawakened, and he is torn between his love for Gisa and the beckoning call of the sea. Produced in Germany in the final years of World War II, Port of Freedom (Grosse Freiheit Nr. 7) demonstrates how independent-minded artists were able to circumvent the demands of state-run film industry under the Third Reich. Rather than a propagandistic celebration of German might, it is a melancholy ode to lost love and happier times, lavishly photographed by Werner Krien in the rich warmth of Agfacolor.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K AGFACOLOR RESTORATION
- Audio commentary by film historian Olaf Möller
- Optional English subtitles