The Criterion Collection

Ministry of Fear

Edition no. 649

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Release Date: Tuesday, 12 March 2013
Country of Release: USA
MSRP: $29.95

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Universal Studios Home Entertainment

Directed by: Fritz Lang

Featuring: Ray Milland, Marjorie Reynolds, Carl Esmond

Suffused with dread and paranoia, this Fritz Lang adaptation of a novel by Graham Greene is a plunge into the eerie shadows of a world turned upside down by war. En route to London after being released from a mental institution, Stephen Neale (Ray Milland) stops at a seemingly innocent village fair, after which he finds himself caught in the web of a sinister underworld with possible Nazi connections. Lang was among the most illustrious of the European émigré filmmakers working in Hollywood during World War II, and Ministry of Fear is one of his finest American productions, an unpredictable thriller with style to spare.

Year: 1944
Time: 87 min.