Originally released as a motion picture in 1941.

Special features of these DVDs: restored high-definition digital transfer ; audio commentary by film and music historian Bruce Eder ; "The volunteer," a 1943 Powell and Pressburger war-effort short staring Ralph Richardson ; "A pretty British affair," a BBC documentary on the careers of Powell and Pressburger, which consider their WWII-era collaborations and features rare footage of the filmmakers together ; excerpts from Michael Powell's audio dictations for his autobiography ; original theatrical trailer ; Dolby Digital ; new essay by fil scholar Charles Barr and Powell's 1941 premiere speech.

Cinematographer, Frederick Young ; editor, David Lean ; music composer, Ralph Vaughan Williams.

Leslie Howard, Laurence Olivier, Raymond Massey, Anton Walbrook, Eric Portman, Raymond Lovell, Niall MacGinnis, Glynis Johns, Finlay Currie.

When a Nazi U-boat crew headed by the ruthless Lieutenant Hirth is stranded in Canada during the thick of World War II, the men evade capture by hiding out in a series of rural communities before trying to cross the border into the still-neutral United States.

Not rated.

DVD.

Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.