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Director
  
Henri Verneuil

Duration
  

Country
  
France Italy Yugoslavia

7.6/10
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Genre
  
Drama, War

The 25th Hour (1967 film) movie poster
Language
  
French English Romanian

Writer
  
Francois Boyeur
,
Wolf Mankowitz

Release date
  
16 February 1967 (1967-02-16) (US) 26 April 1967 (1967-04-26) (France)

Initial release
  
February 16, 1967 (New York City)

Story by
  
Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu

Screenplay
  
Henri Verneuil, Francois Boyer, Wolf Mankowitz

Cast
  
Anthony Quinn
(Johann Moritz),
Serge Reggiani
(Trajan Koruga),
Virna Lisi
(Suzanna Moritz),
Grégoire Aslan
(Nicolai Debresco),
Jacques Marin
(le soldat chez Debresco),
Françoise Rosay
(Mme Nagy)

Similar movies
  
Related Henri Verneuil movies

A Romanian peasant (Anthony Quinn) is mislabeled a Jew and separated from his wife (Virna Lisi) and family during World War II.

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The 25th Hour (French: ) is a 1967 war drama film, starring Anthony Quinn and Virna Lisi. It was produced by Italian producer Carlo Ponti and directed by French director Henri Verneuil. The film is based on a novel by C. Virgil Gheorghiu. It follows the troubles experienced by a Romanian peasant couple caught up in World War II.

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.

Plot

In a small village in Romania, a local police constable frames Johann Moritz (Quinn) as being Jewish, because his wife Suzanna has refused his advances. He is sent to a concentration camp as punishment. Eventually he is deemed part of the Aryan race and obliged to enlist as a Waffen SS soldier. After the war, he is arrested and prosecuted as a war criminal, but is ultimately released and re-united with his wife and sons in Germany.

The picture is based on the novel of the same name by Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu. It includes Hungarys government in collaboration with the Nazis, the encroachment of Romania by Joseph Stalins troopers, and other happenings.

Cast

  • Anthony Quinn as Johann Moritz
  • Virna Lisi as Suzanna Moritz
  • Gregoire Aslan as Dobresco
  • Michael Redgrave as Defense lawyer
  • Marcel Dalio as Strul (as Dalio)
  • Jan Werich as Sgt. Constantin
  • Harold Goldblatt as Isaac Nagy
  • Alexander Knox as Prosecutor
  • Liam Redmond as Father Koruga
  • Meier Tzelniker as Abramovici
  • Kenneth J. Warren as Insp. Varga
  • John Le Mesurier as Tribunal president
  • Serge Reggiani as Trajan Koruga

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    The 25th Hour (1967 film) Wikipedia
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