Love on the Dole (DVD+Blu-Ray)

Beschrijving
A film by John Baxter
Set in 1930s Salford during the Great Depression, Love on the Dole follows Harry Hardcastle (Geoffrey Hibbert, In Which We Serve) and Sally (Deborah Kerr, The Innocents), two young siblings who fall prey to poverty and mass unemployment, and must make terrible sacrifices in order to survive.
Although its stark portrayal of social deprivation led the British Board of Film Censors to ban the film as a 'very sordid story in very sordid surroundings'. Love on the Dole nonetheless retains an optimistic spirit, reinforcing the ideal that Britain's working classes could face any hardship. Through its impassioned performances, it shows faith in the values of liberal democracy which Britain upheld throughout the war, and looks forward to a better future.
Special features
New High Definition transfer
Our Film (Harold French, 1942): Enthralling propaganda film contrasting the Russian and British home front
The Call for Arms (Brian Desmond Hurst, 1940): Government sponsored film about life at a munitions factory
Island People (Paul Rotha, 1940): a film surveying of aspects of the British way of life
Illustrated booklet with new writing by Chris Hopkins and Jo Botting and full film credits
UK | 1941 | black & white | English language, with optional hard-of-hearing subtitles | 99 minutes | Original aspect ratio 1.33:1 | Cert PG
Disc 1: BD50 | 1080p | 24fps | PCM mono audio (48k/24-bit) | Region free
Disc 2: DVD9 | PAL | Dolby Digital 1.0 mono (320kbps) | Region 0

Regisseur: John Baxter

Cast: Deborah Kerr, Clifford Evans, Joyce Howard, Frank Cellier, Mary Merrall, George Carney, Geoffrey Hibbert, Marie O'Neill, Marjorie Rhodes, A. Bromley Davenport, Marie Ault, Iris Vandeleur, Kenneth Griffith

Ondertiteling: Engels