Of Pure Blood

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Of Pure Blood
Genre	Drama
Based on	Of Pure Blood by Clarissa Henry Marc Hillel
Teleplay by	Michael Zagor
Story by	Del Coleman Michael Zagor
Directed by	Joseph Sargent
Starring	Lee Remick Patrick McGoohan Gottfried John
Theme music composer	Brad Fiedel
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Kip Gowans
Producer	Joseph Sargent
Production locations	Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Cinematography	Franz Rath
Editor	Carl Pingitore
Running time	120 min.
Production companies	Joseph Sargent Productions K-M Productions Warner Bros. Television
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	October 19, 1986 (1986-10-19)

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. ^[1]

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

1. Holden, Stephen (October 17, 1986). "TV WEEKEND; Lee Remick in Thriller, 'Of Pure Blood,' on CBS: [Review]". New York Times (Late Edition (East Coast) ed.). New York, N.Y. p. C.38. ISSN   0362-4331. ProQuest   426311770 . Retrieved November 26, 2024.

External links

• Of Pure Blood at IMDb