Of Pure Blood
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| genre = Drama
| based_on = {{Based on|Of Pure Blood|Clarissa Henry
Marc Hillel}}
| story = Del Coleman
Michael Zagor
| teleplay = Michael Zagor
| director = Joseph Sargent
| starring = Lee Remick
Patrick McGoohan
Gottfried John
| theme_music_composer = Brad Fiedel
| country = United States
| language = English
| executive_producer = Kip Gowans
| producer = Joseph Sargent
| location = Munich, Bavaria, Germany
| editor = Carl Pingitore
| cinematography = Franz Rath
| runtime = 120 min.
| company = Joseph Sargent Productions
K-M Productions
Warner Bros. Television
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| network = CBS
| released = {{Start date|1986|10|19}}
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Of Pure Blood is a 1986 made-for-TV thriller for CBS that premiered on October 19, 1986, directed by Joseph Sargent and starring Lee Remick.{{cite news |last1=Holden |first1=Stephen |title=TV WEEKEND; Lee Remick in Thriller, 'Of Pure Blood,' on CBS: [Review] |url=https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/tv-weekend-lee-remick-thriller-pure-blood-on-cbs/docview/426311770/se-2type=Newspapers |access-date=26 November 2024 |work=New York Times |edition=Late Edition (East Coast) |date=17 October 1986 |location=New York, N.Y. |page=C.38 |language=en |issn=0362-4331 |via=ProQuest Central}}
Plot
Alicia Browning (Remick) is a casting director in New York City whose grown son is shot to death in Munich, Germany by police when he apparently tried to attack a doctor who was attending the annual Oktoberfest. When Alicia travels to Germany—her native homeland—to investigate, she finds the old Nazi Lebensborn breeding programs still alive and wanting her son's child—her grandchild—that he fathered with a German girlfriend before his death, for their attempts to recreate Hitler's so-called 'master race' and a modern-day Fourth Reich.
Cast
- Lee Remick as Alicia Browning
- Eszter Marai as young Alicia Browning
- Patrick McGoohan as Dr. Felix Neumann
- Gottfried John as Paul Bergmann
- Richard Münch as Dr. Bamberg
- Katharina Böhm as Ursula Schiller
- Carolyn Nelson Sargent as Johanna
- Catherine McGoohan as Pru
- Hans-Jürgen Schatz as Bank Manager
- Pascal Breuer as Eric
- Beate Finckh as Marta
- Shane Rimmer as The Colonel
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0091667}}
{{Joseph Sargent}}
Category:1986 television films
Category:American television films
Category:Films set in West Germany
Category:Films shot in Germany
Category:Films directed by Joseph Sargent
Category:1980s English-language films
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