Behind the Mask

Description

Michael Redgrave gives a striking performance as a distinguished surgeon fighting against the impersonalisation of progress in this engrossing medical drama from director Brian Desmond Hurst. Also featuring Niall MacGinnis, Tony Britton, Ian Bannen and Vanessa Redgrave in her film debut, Behind the Mask is featured here as a brand-new remaster from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio.

Backroom rivalry at the Graftondale Royal Hospital surgical unit is unspoken but self-evident. Sir Arthur Gray, a staunch traditionalist, is determined to keep things going his way in spite of his rival’s ambitions to “turn the hospital into a laboratory”. Then, while carrying out a delicate heart operation, Sir Arthur has a momentary blackout.

SPECIAL FEATURES
[] Behind a Man Behind a Mask: 2021 interview with John Gale
[] Theatrical trailer
[] Image gallery

Reference 7956162

Year 1958

Director Brian Desmond Hurst

Actor Michael Redgrave, Tony Britton, Carl Möhner, Niall MacGinnis, Vanessa Redgrave, Ian Bannen, Brenda Bruce, Lionel Jeffries, Miles Malleson

Media Film

Format DVD

Label The British Film

Genre Drama

Barcode 5027626616243

Classification PG

Number Of Discs 1

Picture 1.66:1 / Colour

Sound Mono / English

Subtitles English

Region 2 / PAL

Time 95 mins