"Actor: Brigitte Horney"

• The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn | DVD | (28/05/2007) from £29.85   |  Saving you £10.14 (33.97%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Ian Tracey and Sammy Synders star in this 1980's TV adaptation of the adventures of Huckleberry Finn and friends.

• Heidi - Series 1 | DVD | (13/09/2004) from £17.99   |  Saving you £-3.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Heidi is a treasured story for all children one of many tales written by the Swiss authoress Johanna Spyri. This is a charming tale of a young orphan called Heidi who is taken to live with her Grandfather up in the mountains. A classic tale of childhood joys and friendships it has delighted and inspired generations of children. Episodes comprise: 1. The Village 2. Ohi Of The Alps 3. Peter The Goat Herder 4. The Grandmother 5. Winter 6. The Departure 7. Arrival In Frankfurt 8. The

• Heidi - Series 2 | DVD | (07/03/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Part Two of the 1978 TV adaptation of Johanna Spyri's novel. Heidi is a treasured story for all children one of many tales written by the Swiss authoress Johanna Spyri. This is a charming tale of a young orphan called Heidi who is taken to live with her Grandfather up in the mountains. A classic tale of childhood joys and friendships it has delighted and inspired generations of children. Episodes comprise: 14. Homesick 15. The Ghost 16. The Journey Home 17. At Home Again

• Munchhausen | DVD | (18/08/2003) from £8.98   |  Saving you £13.00 (185.98%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Enjoying the dubious billing of being the Third Reich's "finest fictional moment", Münchhausen lives up to the hype. Commissioned by propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels to mark the 25th anniversary of the UFA film studio in 1943, director Josef von Baky was given every incentive artistic, technical and financial to create a state-of-the-art film outflanking Hollywood--and, in most respects, he succeeded. Hans Albers is understatedly right as the buccaneer aristocrat, his adventures over the centuries made possible by preternatural longevity. Hermann Speelmans gives sterling support as loyal manservant Kuchenreutter, while Brigitte Horney has appealing decadence as Catherine the Great. The spectacular Venice canal sequence and whimsical moon episode are balanced by strong scriptwriting from "Berthold Bürger" (Erich Kästner of Emil and the Detectives fame), with Georg Haentzschel's lushly eclectic score scarcely inferior to those by his more famous Hollywood counterparts. A tendency to send-up non-German nationalities hints at Nazi ideology, but otherwise this is pure--though never soulless--escapism, produced to the highest artistic standards. On the DVD: Münchhausen on disc is presented in a restored print which recaptures the original's breathtaking interplay of colour, and the soundtrack has been very adequately cleaned up. Just eight access points and subtitles in English only, but a photo gallery of over 100 stills and memorabilia to chart the course of the film in detail. R Dixon Smith's insightful documentary feature gives the lowdown on why the film was made. All the more remarkable, then, that it's survived the vicissitudes of its era so handsomely. --Richard Whitehouse