Movie
The 25th Hour
Overview
A Romanian peasant fights to get back to his family after he's imprisoned by the Nazis.The picture is based on real events. It includes Hungary's government in collaboration with the Nazis, the encroachment of Romania by Stalin's troopers, and other happenings.
Details
- Release date
- 1967-04-26
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- C. C. Champion, Les Films Concordia, Avala Film, Carlo Ponti Production, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Country
- France, Italy, United States of America, Yugoslavia
- Original language
- FR
Cast
- Anthony Quinn as Johann Moritz
- Virna Lisi as Suzanna Moritz
- Grégoire Aslan as Nicolai Debresco
- Michael Redgrave as L'avocat de Lohann
- Marcel Dalio as Strul
- Marius Goring as Colonel Muller
- Jan Werich as Sgt. Constantin
- Serge Reggiani as Trajan Koruga
- Alexander Knox
- John Le Mesurier as Tribunal President
- Liam Redmond as Father Koruga
- Meier Tzelniker as Abramovici
Crew
- Henri Verneuil - Director
- Wolf Mankowitz - Writer
- François Boyer - Writer
- Henri Verneuil - Writer
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