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This Land Is Mine [DVD]

Rated: Parental Guidance | Format: DVD
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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  • Format: PAL
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Orbit Media
  • DVD Release Date: 2 July 2007
  • Run Time: 103 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000LSBNDY
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 60,554 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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WWII drama from the great French director, Jean Renoir. Charles Laughton plays Albert Lory, a cowardly teacher at a school in occupied France who is held responsible by locals for the execution of a resistance fighter Paul Martin (Kent Smith), the brother of fellow teacher Louise Martin (Maureen Ohara). Arrested by the Germans following a murder, he is offered freedom if he will collaborate against France.

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars An intelligent wartime look at Nazi occupation 14 Jun 2007
By Trevor Willsmer HALL OF FAME TOP 50 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
Despite being directed by Jean Renoir and set in Vichy France, This Land is Mine never for one second gives the impression that there's anything remotely French about it or its characters, but in a strange way that works in the film's favor as a propaganda picture: this isn't a universally French story but one that could just as easily have happened in the USA had the Nazis won.

Dudley Nichols' script is a surprisingly intelligent look at the nature of collaboration and the self-righteous moral delusion of the Vichy Government that justified a baser mercenary self-interest. Walter Slezak's Nazi isn't an obvious stereotype, more a pragmatic idealist rather than a fanatic - a true believer, but one who doesn't want the situation in the town to escalate because his job is easier if it doesn't. He's the one constantly offering practical solutions to avoid reprisals. Similarly, George Sanders' collaborator's belief that the Nazis and the Vichy French share many of the same political philosophies and so are a morally justifiable partnership doesn't make him immune to torment at the consequences of that union.

That it all ends in a series of speeches from Charles Laughton's timid schoolteacher curiously doesn't detract, especially since the film regards thought and speech as expressions of resistance every bit as valid as acts of sabotage. Renoir even manages to draw a good performance out of Maureen O'Hara, with none of her usual broad cartoon bluster, and even Una O'Connor is almost tolerable for once.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars An intelligent wartime look at Nazi occupation 9 Sep 2006
By Trevor Willsmer HALL OF FAME TOP 50 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
Despite being directed by Jean Renoir and set in Vichy France, This Land is Mine never for one second gives the impression that there's anything remotely French about it or its characters, but in a strange way that works in the film's favor as a propaganda picture: this isn't a universally French story but one that could just as easily have happened in the USA had the Nazis won.

Dudley Nichols' script is a surprisingly intelligent look at the nature of collaboration and the self-righteous moral delusion of the Vichy Government that justified a baser mercenary self-interest. Walter Slezak's Nazi isn't an obvious stereotype, more a pragmatic idealist rather than a fanatic - a true believer, but one who doesn't want the situation in the town to escalate because his job is easier if it doesn't. He's the one constantly offering practical solutions to avoid reprisals. Similarly, George Sanders' collaborator's belief that the Nazis and the Vichy French share many of the same political philosophies and so are a morally justifiable partnership doesn't make him immune to torment at the consequences of that union.

That it all ends in a series of speeches from Charles Laughton's timid schoolteacher curiously doesn't detract, especially since the film regards thought and speech as expressions of resistance every bit as valid as acts of sabotage. Renoir even manages to draw a good performance out of Maureen O'Hara, with none of her usual broad cartoon bluster, and even Una O'Connor is almost tolerable for once.
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5.0 out of 5 stars delightful 29 Jan 2012
By Ra Baxter
Format:DVD
Charles laughtons courtroom speech at the end of the film was the highlight for me....such a marvelous actor.Dated of course,but well worth watching...another gem from years gone by.
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