The Manchurian Candidate

original title:
The Manchurian Candidate
other titles:
(Botschafter der Angst)
country / year of production:
USA / 1962 (x)
original length:
126 min. , black/white
premiere:
24 October 1962
genre:
Thriller
based on:
Richard Condon. The Manchurian Candidate. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1959.
director:
John Frankenheimer
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keywords:
communism , shell shock , returning soldiers , captivity
war:
Korean War (1950-1953)
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Won a "Golden Globe" in 1963.

The movie was censored and prohibited in many of the former "Iron Curtain" countries, such as Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria.
availability:
VHS, DVD, CD