The Desert Fox

The Desert Fox

Director: Henry Hathaway Cast: James Mason
James Mason
, Cedric Hardwicke
Cedric Hardwicke
, Jessica Tandy
Jessica Tandy
, Luther Adler
Luther Adler
Henry Hathaway
The Desert Fox

The Desert Fox

Director: Henry Hathaway Cast: James Mason
James Mason
, Cedric Hardwicke
Cedric Hardwicke
, Jessica Tandy
Jessica Tandy
, Luther Adler
Luther Adler
Henry Hathaway

DVD (Black & White)

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Overview

"The Desert Fox is a superb filmed biography of German general Erwin Rommel, concentrating on the period between his retreat from North Africa and his government-decreed death. A brilliant tactician, Rommel earns the respect not only of his own men but of the enemy. Unfortunately, Adolph Hitler (Luther Adler), laboring under the delusion that he too is a military genius, demands more of Rommel than he's able to provide. Ordered to stand his ground in Africa to the last man, Rommel realizes that it's more intelligent in the long run to retreat; this incurs Hitler's wrath, but Rommel is a war hero, and as such is virtually ""untouchable"". Increasingly disgusted by Hitler's behavior, Rommel joins in a plot to assassinate the Fuhrer. The attempt fails, and Rommel's complicity is discovered. He is given a choice: either face a horrible death by torture, or commit suicide, thereby saving his family and his reputation. Rommel opts for the latter; the official story given to the press is that Rommel died heroically of his war wounds. Also appearing in The Desert Fox are Jessica Tandy as Rommel's wife and Leo G. Carroll as an insufferably aristocratic Von Ruhnstedt. The film caused a critical stir in 1951 by providing a tense ten-minute dramatic sequence before the opening credits--a technique that is all but de rigueur today. The Desert Fox was based on the book by Brigadier Desmond Young, who narrates the film and appears as himself in the early scenes. Bonus Features on the DVD include the original and Spanish theatrical trailers, along with a section dedicated to Fox War Classics."

Product Details

Release Date: 05/20/2003
UPC: 0024543071990
Original Release: 1951
Rating: NR
Source: BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Region Code: 1
Presentation: [B&W]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono]
Language: English
Time: 1:28:00
Sales rank: 5,556

Special Features

Closed Caption; [None specified]

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
James Mason Erwin Rommel
Cedric Hardwicke Dr. Karl Strolin
Jessica Tandy Frau Rommel
Luther Adler Adolf Hitler
Everett Sloane Gen. Burgdorf
Leo G. Carroll Field Marshal Von Rundstedt,Maid
George Macready Gen. Fritz Bayerlein
Richard Boone Aldinger
Eduard Franz Col. Von Stauffenberg
Desmond Young Himself,German Major
William Reynolds Manfred Rommel
Charles Evans Gen. Schultz
Walter Kingsford Admiral Ruge
John Hoyt Keitel
Don De Leo Gen. Maisel
Richard Elmore Rommel's Driver in Africa
John Vosper Maj. Walker
Dan O'Herlihy Commando Captain
Scott Forbes Commando Colonel
Victor Wood British Medic
Lester Matthews British Officer
Paul Cavanagh Col. Von Hofaker
Jack Baston Jodl
Freeman Lusk German Surgeon
Robert Coote British Medical Officer
Sean McClory Jock
Lumsden Hare Doctor
John Goldsworthy Stulpnagel,Gen. Heinrich von Stulpnagel
Ivan Triesault German Major
Trevor Ward Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery
Philip Van Zandt German S.S. Man at Hospital
Michael Rennie Desmond Young
Peter Van Eyck German officer
Daniele Amfitheatrof Composer

Technical Credits
Henry Hathaway Director
Nunnally Johnson Producer,Screenwriter
Ray Kellogg Special Effects
Fred Sersen Special Effects
Eugene Grossman Sound/Sound Designer
Roger Heman Sound/Sound Designer
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