To celebrate Studiocanal’s release of the 4K restoration of Powell and Pressburger’s THE SMALL BACK ROOM on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital on 3 June, we have a Blu-ray to give away!

From the legendary filmmaking duo Powell and Pressburger (A Matter of Life and Death, The Red Shoes), THE SMALL BACK ROOM (1949) is the story of the troubled love affair between a tormented back-room scientist and a secretary, told against a background of ministerial intrigue and Empire building.

Sammy Rice (David Farrar) was the army’s finest bomb disposal officer until he was injured in the war. Now part of a specialist ‘back room’ team, he dismantles the boobytrapped devices being dropped by Nazi bombers. He falls in love with Susan (Kathleen Byron), a colleague, and the two begin a secret affair.

However, embittered by life, he feels inferior: inferior as a lover, inferior as a man unable to wear uniform, inferior in his work. Although a brilliant scientist, he allows himself to be exploited by his power-hungry boss and haunted by his past, he drowns his sorrows in whiskey. Sammy’s life is descending into disarray when the news comes; a bomb has exploded with catastrophic consequences, and another has been found. Faced with the biggest challenge of his career, Sammy must face his demons and take his life in his hands to solve the mystery of the bomb’s lethal mechanism.

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  • This competition is open to UK residents only.
  • The competition will close 13th June 2024 at 23.59 GMT
  • The winner will be picked at random from entries received
  • No cash alternative is available
  • To coincide with GDPR regulations, competition entry information will not be stored once the competition has ended and the winners have been chosen and prizes sent out.

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