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# The Holcroft Covenant (1985) [Blu-ray]

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Newly Re-mastered in HD! Noel Holcroft (Michael Caine, The Destructors, Billion Dollar Brain) is a New York architect who receives an unexpected inheritance from his ex-Nazi father: $40 billion in funds stolen from the Third Reich, now intended to aid Holocaust survivors. But as Holcroft delves into the treasure's mysterious history, he is thrust into a pulse pounding adventure in which he alone stands in the way of a plan that is moving inexorably toward its terrifying conclusion: the rise of an all powerful Fourth Reich! The great John Frankenheimer (Seconds, The Train, 52-Pick Up) directed this top-notch espionage thriller based on a book by Robert Ludlum (The Bourne Identity) with a screenplay by George Axelrod (The Manchurian Candidate), Edward Anhalt (The Satan Bug) and John Hopkins (Thunderball, The Offence). The stellar cast includes Victoria Tennant (Flowers in the Attic), Lilli Palmer (Mädchen in Uniform), Michael Lonsdale (The Passage, Moonraker) and Anthony Andrews (Under the Volcano).Bonus Features: Audio Commentary by Director John Frankenheimer | Trailers

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### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Frankenheimer’s Holcroft Covenant
  

*by A***R on Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2022*

John Frankenheimer’s The Holcroft Covenant (1985) will not make you forget his political, mind-bending thriller The Manchurian Candidate (Jonathan Demme’s Manchurian remake very good too), but the Holcroft Covenant is good in its own bizarre, kind of trashy, in a low-budget, mysterious, Frankenheimer originality sort of way.A highlight is the ‘Berlin parade’ (it may be offensive or seem gratuitous to others…) of transgenders recreating/reliving a Germany  that existed in the 1920’s and 30’s complete with (real) transvestites, etc, giving the festival a truly decadent, sex oriented theme.The Holcroft Covenant is based on a Robert Ludlum novel, yet, Director John Frankenheimer explains in commentary that he took some liberties (including making up the transgender parade in Berlin—it doesn’t exist) to condense the story to just under 2 hours (112 minutes).  So, if you’ve read the book be ready for alterations.  But, then again, those of you well read/versed in Robert Ludlum novels know they are long and often are made into a series of movies (Jason Bourne) or a mini series (The Rhinemann Exchange), so, most should still know what to expect, no!?  International intrigue.  Germans, probable bad guys.  A plot twist.  In the case of The Holcroft Covenant a man named Noel Holcroft (played convincingly intelligent, brave and humanely vulnerable) receives a ridiculous amount of an inheritance from his estranged (to say the least) father who the son knows was a whole hearted Nazi sympathizer.  Noel is expected to do the right thing with the money; and the there seems to be too many people pestering—even threatening—the beleaguered, reasonably simple, every man architect to do the right thing with the money.But what is the right thing and under who’s suspicious viewpoint!Forty Million dollars in gold stolen from the ‘Late’ Third Reich is, surely, bound to bring out some very curious individuals and the groups—or government agencies—they work for.Michael Caine and a sometimes stunning Victoria Tennant carry the movie as the thrown together couple slowly stumble across a mystery—and a cast of characters—of who to trust?Who/where did Holcroft really expect his son to share the money?The Holcroft Covenant is not great, but, it is not too surprising a movie with international intrigue remains an intriguing watch.  The Holcroft Covenant is, somewhat, like an experience you have to see to believe.  Frankenheimer’s vision has me wondering if Ludlum’s book reads like a bad dream, too.DVD is a Kino Lorber production.  Good picture as usual.  Grittiness seems appropriate.4.4 stars

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Unbelievable you say? Guess what...
  

*by P***Y on Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2008*

Many people found this movie stupid, boring or unbelievable...Granted, "The Boys from Brazil" was far superior, in impact and horror, but this one is far more accurate than one may suspect.While in "Boys" you had a Doctor Mengele (Gregory Peck, giving a powerful, if not overpowering interpretation) traveling around the world, trying to clone and recreate Adolf Hitler out of children (which truly sounds like science fiction to even the more far-fetched conspiracy theorist), you get here a very plausible and actually accurate depiction of a more than probable Nazi conspiracy.Those who have watched "The Formula", starring George C. Scott and Marlon Brando, got to know that during the final days of the Third Reich, the Nazi planned contingencies to save their own neck, if not their ideology, from being annihilated by the impending Allied invaders.In "The Formula" they tried it with synthetic fuel, negotiating with U.S. officials, still during the "Battle of the Bulge" (which by now seems to have been a fact, not fiction).In "Holcroft Covenant", we have a bunch of SS officers convening secretly in a Bunker in Berlin and swearing an oath of allegiance to the Black Order to which they belonged, swearing that what they had started had to go on throughout generations to come and sealing the pact through what the title of the movie defines as "The Holcroft Covenant".Such an occurrence did in fact take place, although earlier in the war and just after the fall of Stalingrad. The members of the SS knew right there and then that the war was lost and did prepare for the future.Eerily as it may seem, many of these officers managed to slip through the  network of Nazi hunters, either through monetary compensations or through other secret dealings and either landed up in South America or in other States, such as South Africa, Namibia and so on.But some never escaped truly. They just managed to merge in the confused situation in which Europe found itself after the war, and managed to pop-up in very respectable activities and functions in the entire tissue of society, not just in neighboring Countries, but in Germany as well.What we tend to forget, or would likely want to forget is, that they had an agenda, to which they clung to their last breath.After all an ideology (especially extreme ones, whether from the Right or from the Left) cannot be simply swiped of through talking or reasoning. More drastic means would be needed.But in order to do so, some compromises with the concept of a Fre World and Freedom should be made. Failing to do so, means that you won't be able to effectively do it.I am talking about reconditioning of brains, or if you will, "brain washing"...In this movie, although taken from a fictional novel, we see the failings of our system to do what is needed, when it is needed.The propagation of certain unhealthy doctrines and ideas throughout generations is nothing new and although it always failed to be successful in its more negative forms, it still resides as a pure illusion in the minds of people who always dream to be masters of the world.Paranoia or maniacal sense of persecution by others can affect people in this way.Given that there are still many Fascist and National-Socialist groups throughout the world, brings forth the question whether or not such "Covenants" were ever issued. Fact is, that "they" are still among us.Considering all this and in the face of a work of fiction such as this movie, it is refreshing to know that someone tried to take a peak at this shady, underground world and show it for what it is and was.Just because people seem to be nice, forthcoming or just "respectable" does not mean they truly are.Beware of false friends. The Devil is seldom what he or she appears to be. Besides, it never comes in the form of a Monster.It is you, it is me, it can be anyone you know and can be as charming and as trustworthy as your neighbor,... until one day...This is what this movie is all about and as such, it is a marvelous conveyor of a message that should be heeded preciously, because no one knows his neighbor as well as he or she thinks...Paranoia? Maybe, but also a healthy dose of wisdom and realism.In my view, just for these qualities, the movie deserves a second watching and an introspection.The present version of the DVD is far clearer than its VHS predecessor, and being presented in a matted format of 1.85:1 makes it more enjoyable. The sound is adequate and discreet, but very well balanced.The acting by Michael Caine is a bit theatrical, but nevertheless very much felt. Victoria Tennant is lovable as the source of our hatred, while astonishingly so, Anthony Andrews, an otherwise brilliant actor, is left out cold. His interpretation is uneven and kind of wooden, compared to his TV-performance of "The Scarlet Pimpernel".But still, this is a movie that would deserve a more balanced judgment.In my view, if you are a lover of conspiracy thrillers, then this DVD must belong to your shelve collection.It is your choice...

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Quality Fantasy Fiction
  

*by B***. on Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2017*

Quality acting, story line, photography and production worthy of a four star rating.  That it contradicts the modern reality of fascist corruption of the former United States of America since at least 1980, of ongoing equivalent to fascism communist takeovers around the world including militarily in the Crimea, and of a plethora of petty dictatorships organized along fascist lines everywhere else including especially the Untied Queendumb and its empire, is not of consequence to rating this excellent fantasy film.  While it all should have been obvious when the son and then one of the grandsons of the treasonous "American" financier Prescott Bush, who helped the Nazi High Command hide their loot stolen throughout Europe around the world, were appointed Presidunces of the former United States, the Goebbelsian practice of telling a "big enough lie" for "everyone" to believe it maintained the fascist domination of what has become a Loonie Tied Studs of Merka where no reparations are conceivable nor contemplated.

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