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From Billy Wilder, the legendary director of Double Indemnity, The Lost Weekend, Stalag 17, Witness for the Prosecution, Some Like It Hot and The Apartment, comes this wartime espionage thriller starring Franchot Tone (Phantom Lady), Anne Baxter (Yellow Sky), Akim Tamiroff (The General Died at Dawn), Erich von Stroheim (Sunset Blvd.) and Peter van Eyck (The Wages of Fear). John J. Bramble (Tone), the sole survivor of a British tank crew, makes his way to a desolate desert town where he is given refuge by a hotel owner (Tamiroff) and a French chambermaid (Baxter) who prepare to receive General Erwin Rommel (Stroheim) and his German staff. Posing as the hotel’s waiter, Bramble attempts to infiltrate Rommel’s inner circle and report the general’s plans to the Allies. Co-written by Wilder and Charles Brackett (A Foreign Affair, Ball of Fire), based on a play by Lajos Biró (The Last Command) and featuring top-notch cinematography by John F. Seitz (The Big Clock, Calcutta), the masterful Five Graves to Cairo marks Wilder’s second U.S. directorial effort. Special Features: -Brand New 4K Master -NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Joseph McBride -Theatrical Trailer -Dual-Layered BD50 Disc -Optional English Subtitles

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Foolish Wives (1922) was Erich von Stroheim's third feature for Universal, serving as both film director and star in a classic silent drama comprised of seduction and extortion. Upon it's release in 1922, the film was advertised as the "first million-dollar movie" and promised a legendary performance by von Stroheim, drawing fixated attention from American news outlets and audiences alike. Flicker Alley is honored to present this newly restored edition of the film, thanks to the dedicated efforts of the San Francisco Silent Film Festival and The Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA), in a deluxe 2-disc Blu-ray/DVD edition.This new 4K restoration of Foolish Wives- reconstructs the original continuity by combining the surviving original film elements, meticulous image restoration, and recreation of the original stunning color effects, to offer audiences the closest look possible at the original version of the film.Foolish Wives features a newly commissioned orchestral score composed and conducted by maestro Timothy Brock and performed by Real Filharmonía de Galicia and recorded in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia.

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French prisoners of war try to escape while confronting class divides and shared humanity.

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SUNSET BOULEVARD Billy Wilder's classic drama stars Gloria Swanson (after a nine-year screen absence) as reclusive silent movie queen Norma Desmond. Sharing a mansion with her live-in butler/former director Max (Erich von Stroheim), Norma dreams of making a comeback. But when she begins a relationship with a young hack screenwriter (William Holden), her desire to return to the spotlight quickly leads to madness and tragedy. RUNTIME: 110 minutes Two-disc set. ULTRA HD

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SUNSET BOULEVARD Billy Wilder's classic drama stars Gloria Swanson (after a nine-year screen absence) as reclusive silent movie queen Norma Desmond. Sharing a mansion with her live-in butler/former director Max (Erich von Stroheim), Norma dreams of making a comeback. But when she begins a relationship with a young hack screenwriter (William Holden), her desire to return to the spotlight quickly leads to madness and tragedy. RUNTIME: 110 minutes Two-disc set. ULTRA HD