Duel with Death (1949)

Original title

Duell mit dem Tod

Directed by

Paul May

Genre

drama film

Country

Austria

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This film follows Austrian resistance fighters as they oppose Nazi rule during World War Two. It draws on real experiences from the director and his friends.

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What happens

Duel with Death (German: Duell mit dem Tod) is a 1949 Austrian war drama film directed by Paul May and starring Rolf von Nauckhoff, Annelies Reinhold, and Fritz Hinz-Fabricius. The film depicts the Austrian resistance to Nazi Germany during the Second World War, and takes influence from May's and his friends real-life experiences during the war. The sets were designed by the art director Otto Pischinger. It premiered at the Locarno Film Festival in July 1949 before its general release in Austria that December. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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