The Men DVD 1950 / Directed by Fred Zinnemann / Starring Marlon Brando, Teresa Wright, Everett Sloane, Jack Webb / Chinese Release DVD

ISBN: 9787885729516 / 978-7885729516

ISBN-10: 7885729516

MADE IN CHINA

REGION 6 PAL DVD (Black & White)

AUDIO: English 5.1

Subtitles: English, Chinese

TOTAL RUNTIME: 87 MINUTES

English Summary:

The Men is a 1950 American drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann, written by Carl Foreman, and starring Marlon Brando, Teresa Wright and Everett Sloane. Despite the film's commercial failure, it marked Brando’s film debut.

A World War II lieutenant is seriously injured in combat, and faces struggles as he attempts to re-enter society. Birmingham General Army Hospital in Van Nuys, California was used as the recover Hospital. Marlon Brando "checked-in" himself to get the role down.

Fred Zinnemann's sensitive film on the plight of paraplegic WWII veterans features Marlon Brando in his superbly moving screen debut. He plays Lt. Bud Wilozek, one of a group of veterans recovering in the paraplegic ward of a hospital in his hometown. His former fiancée, Ellen (Theresa Wright), explains to his physician, Dr. Brock (Everett Sloane), her concern about his isolation and apparent depression since he has broken their engagment and refuses to see her. He counsels her to be patient, but when he decides to broach the issue with Bud, the embittered patient reacts angrily to the doctor's intrusiveness, and continues to refuse to see Ellen. The doctor cajoles the withdrawn paraplegic into the life of the ward, where fellow patients Richard Erdman, Jack Webb, and Arthur Jurado begin to pull Bud out of his spiritual miasma. At length, his sense of hope starts to return, and after seeing Ellen for the first time in months, he begins to contemplate the possibility of marriage. Zinnemann and screenwriter Carl Foreman spent a month in a veteran's hospital researching the film, and Brando lived in the paraplegic unit for a time as part of his preparation.

Chinese Summary:
一队身负重伤，下肢截瘫的军人退伍回到了“普通”生活，他们当中有一个人曾经是一名优秀的运动员。当他得知自己失去男人的特征的时候，他拒绝见他的未婚妻。最后，在他的未婚妻的努力帮助下，他重新建立自信，同失去男人特征的恐惧作斗争，终于获得了幸福的婚姻……

Cast 

• Marlon Brando as Ken Wilocek
• Teresa Wright as Ellen
• Everett Sloane as Dr. Brock
• Jack Webb as Norm
• Richard Erdman as Leo
• Arthur Jurado as Angel
• Virginia Farmer as Nurse Robbins
• Dorothy Tree as Ellen's Mother
• Howard St. John as Ellen's Father