Im The Star Phoenix ist vor zwei Wochen ein Artikel über die Restaurierungen von Filmklassikern des Studios 20th Century Fox und deren Veröffentlichungen auf DVD erschienen. Angekündigt werden darin unter anderem Frank Lloyds “Kalvakade / Calvacade” [USA 1933] nach dem Bühnenstück von Noel Coward und Fritz Langs “Menschenjagd / Man Hunt” [USA 1941].

And more goodies are on the way, including an eagerly awaited reissue of the Oscar-winning 1933 film version of Noel Coward’s stage hit, Cavalcade — which takes a panoramic look at British society in times of peace and war — and also Fritz Lang’s suspense masterpiece, Man Hunt.

“A film might be 70 years old, but still relevant and important,” says Richard Ashton, Fox Home Entertainment’s director of classics. “(Cavalcade is) now as much a commentary on Iraq, as it was on the Boer and First World Wars when it was first released.”

Man Hunt, which has been unavailable for decades, stars Walter Pidgeon as a British sniper who, at the very beginning of the film, has Adolf Hitler in his sights, but ends up being hunted by the Gestapo. The release of Man Hunt will be timed to coincide with the arrival in theatres of Valkyries, Tom Cruise’s new thriller about a plot to kill Hitler. “It’s a question of being opportunistic,” Ashton concedes. “Tom Cruise making a movie about the attempted assassination of Hitler gives us the opportunity to make Man Hunt more relevant to the consumer.”