The Small Back Room (Powell, 1949): BFI Southbank, NFT2, 6.10pm
This film, here screened in the Restored strand at BFI Southbank, is a new BFI National Archive restoration for the most underrated work in the Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger canon. Tonight's presentation will be introduced by the BFI conservation team.
Chicago Reader review:
Cut to ribbons by its original American distributor, this
1949 film remains the most elusive of Michael Powell's mature works.
David Farrar stars as a crippled, alcoholic bomb expert who tries to
solve the secret of a new Nazi device—small bombs made to look like toys
that explode when children pick them up. With Kathleen Byron, memorable
as the mad nun of Powell's Black Narcissus, and Jack Hawkins, Anthony Bushell, and Michael Gough.
Dave Kehr
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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