Product Details

• Actors: Robert Donat, Glynis Johns, Valerie Hobson
• Directors: Harold S. Bucquet
• Format: Black & White, Full Screen, NTSC
• Rated: Unrated
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Timeless Multimedia
• Run Time: 103.0 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0009YU93U
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #389,592 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Robert Donat is a British spy sent to Czechoslavakia to destroy a secret Nazi poison gas factory.

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34 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I'd prefer NO rating--the DVD is indefensible!, November 9, 2007

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Giovanna Visconti - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adventures of Tartu (1943) (DVD)

Frequently, when buying either rare Public Domain films or those that simply haven't had (and likely won't) DVD release, one takes one's chances, and often--though not always!--you "gets what you pays for." This DVD is a case in point.

Let's begin at the beginning: It isn't there! Opening titles, yes, but after that AT LEAST THE FIRST FIVE (5!) MINUTES OF THE FILM ARE MISSING! I have a tape from TNT Overnight several years ago which is how I know.

The sound is simply atrocious as if recorded underwater, and I've seen late 1940s TV kinescopes that look better than the print (what there is of it) used for this DVD.

TCM does have a print which I missed when they first showed it. Hopefully, they'll repeat it at some point. Donat made so few films that this exciting WWII drama is very worth having for his virtuoso performance, ably accompanied by the underappreciated Valerie Hobson and undervalued Glynis Johns.

Amazon, take note of "Synergy Archive Series!" If this is an example of their fare, you guys shouldn't bother with it.

As for any other prospective customers: Don't go NEAR it!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Espionage, June 27, 2011

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Reliable Reviews (Carmel Valley, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Adventures of Tartu (DVD)

I cannot speak to the picture or sound quality of the DVD, because I saw this movie on Hulu.

During World-War-2; Tartu is a British agent who goes on a mission to German-occupied, Czechoslovakia, to blow-up a German chemical factory. Tartu convinces the Germans he is an SS-officer of the Germany's Romanian allies; but at the same time convinces the Czech resistance too; in spite of his telling the Czech-underground he is a British-agent. So, the Czechs are gunning for him, and some German officers are suspicious.

This is good film, because it is realistic. Good acting; good sets; no skimping on the budget; no cutting corners; good story.

Look for a young, Glynis Johns, who played the mother in "Mary Poppins" who is in this film.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Adventures of Tartu, November 21, 2009

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L. Lord "classic film lover" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Adventures of Tartu (DVD)

I like the movie, and Robert Donat does a great job as usual, but the audio is not that good. At least it is the full version of the movie, as there are others out there that are cut. If you like Donat, I would still get it despite the sound quality.