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Hollywood classics don’t have to be stuffy — this 1940 swashbuckling adventure has style, great action, laughs and one of the most attractive screen couples of their day, Tyrone Power and Linda Darnell. And that’s not mentioning a superb fencing match, a great, quaint Spanish dance, and a smart cast directed by Rouben Mamoulian at his best. This German import is fully compatible with U.S. players.

The Mark of Zorro

Im Zeichen des Zorro

All-Region Blu-ray Special Edition

Explosive Media GmbH

1940 / B&W/colorized / 1:37 Academy / 94 min. / Im Zeichen des Zorro / Street Date September 27, 2018 / Available through Amazon.de / Eur 15,99

Starring: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Basil Rathbone, Gale Sondergaard,

Eugene Pallette, J. Edward Bromberg, Montagu Love, Janet Beecher, George Regas, Chris-Pin Martin.

Cinematography: Arthur Miller

Film Editor: Robert Bischoff

Original Music: Alfred Newman

Written by John Taintor Foote, Garrett Fort

Produced by Raymond Griffith, Darryl F. Zanuck

Directed by Rouben Mamoulian

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