The 39 Steps DVD 2008 A 39 Lépcsőfok / Directed by James Hawes / Starring: Rupert Penry-Jones, Lydia Leonard, David Haig, Eddie Marsan

UPC 5999546334456

MADE IN HUNGARY

REGION 2 PAL DVD

Audio: English 5.1, Hungarian 5.1

Subtitles: Hungarian

Runtime: 85 minutes

English Summary:

The 39 Steps is a 2008 British television adventure thriller feature-length adaptation of the John Buchan novel The Thirty-Nine Steps produced by the BBC. It was written by Lizzie Mickery, directed by James Hawes, and filmed on location in Scotland, starring Rupert Penry-Jones, Lydia Leonard, David Haig, Eddie Marsan, and Patrick Malahide. Following three screen versions of the novel and the 1952 and 1977 television adaptations of The Three Hostages, Penry-Jones became the sixth actor to portray Hannay on screen. This adaptation is set on the eve of the First World War and sees mining engineer Richard Hannay caught up in an espionage conspiracy following the death of a British spy in his flat.

The story starts on 28 June 1914; Richard Hannay (Rupert Penry-Jones), a mining engineer and an intelligence officer during the Second Boer War, is in London following his recent return from Africa, finding England "cliquey", "class-bound" and "deathly, deathly dull". Evading German spies (Werner Daehn and Peter Stark), Scudder (Eddie Marsan) pushes himself into Hannay's flat and reveals himself to be a betrayed freelance British Secret Service Bureau agent, who has been on the trail of a German espionage ring with headquarters in Scotland. He has heard rumours of a plot to assassinate a high-ranking European royal, which could lead to war. Believing he will soon be killed, he hands Hannay a notebook to pass to Captain Kell of the Secret Service Bureau. While Hannay answers the door, Scudder is shot by one of the German spies seeking his notebook who has entered the flat via a back door. The police arrive, and Hannay is arrested for murder before escaping.

Hungarian Summary:

Richard Hannay nemrég tért vissza Afrikából Angliába és kiábrándítóan szürkének, unalmasnak látja az otthoni életet. Egy reggel azonban betör a lakásába egy Scudder nevű titkos ügynök üldözőivel a nyomában, és egy kódolt dokumentumot bíz rá, mely megakadályozhatná a közelgő világháború kitörését. Hannay-t, az ártatlan és naiv átlagembert üldözőbe veszi a német titkos szolgálat, de az angol rendőrség is őt körözi Scudder megölése miatt. Addigi nyugodt élete mostantól kezdve egy elkeseredett hajszává válik. Miközben kétségbeesetten igyekszik eljuttatni a dokumentumot a brit titkos szolgálatnak, lázasan próbálja megfejteni a kódolt üzenetet. Ahogy Scudder halála előtt megjósolta, többé nem bízhat senkiben, mert nem mindenki az, akinek mutatja magát...

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