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Of Pure Blood

Of Pure Blood

1986TV Movie⏱️ 2h 0m
DramaThriller
6
IMDB Rating
153 votes

Engrossing tale of a mother investigating her son's mysterious death and finding much more than she bargains for. While casting director Alicia Browning (Remick) takes leave of her job in NYC to investigate what happened to her so...

Director
Joseph Sargent
Writers
Michael Zagor, Delle Bohrman, Marc Hillel
Stars
Lee Remick, Patrick McGoohan, Gottfried John
Release Date
October 19, 1986
Language
German, English
Country
United States
💬 3
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Lee Remick
Lee Remick
as Alicia Browning
Patrick McGoohan
Patrick McGoohan
as Dr. Felix Neumann
Gottfried John
Gottfried John
as Paul Bergmann
Richard Münch
Richard Münch
as Dr. Bamberg
Katharina Böhm
Katharina Böhm
as Ursula Schiller
👤
Edith Schneider
as Erika
👤
Carolyn Nelson
as Johanna
👤
Robert Bowman
as Mark Browning
Catherine McGoohan
Catherine McGoohan
as Pru
Jem Wall
Jem Wall
as Skinhead

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Filming Location
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Production
Joseph Sargent Productions, K-M Productions, Warner Bros. Television

🏷️ Keywords

cbs

🎯 Categories

GermanDramaThriller

⭐ Featured Review

leibensbaum Lee
by petershelleyau2002-02-24

"Lee Remick is Alicia Browning, a New York City casting agent who learns of the death of her son Mark (Robert Bowman) in Germany. In Germany, she discovers what Mark had - that Alicia is a child of "leibensbaum" - German for "fountain of life, Himmler's program for the breeding of pure Aryans - and that Dr Grigor Bamberg (Richard Munch) has arranged for Mark to father a child Maria to continue the blood line. What will happen to the child? Remick's natural Aryan looks and somewhat mechanical manner makes her perfectly cast as a leibensbaum child, and Alicia's outra..."

💡 Did You Know?

Catherine McGoohan (Pru) is the real life daughter of Patrick McGoohan (Dr. Felix Neumann).

📖 Synopsis

Engrossing tale of a mother investigating her son's mysterious death and finding much more than she bargains for. While casting director Alicia Browning (Remick) takes leave of her job in NYC to investigate what happened to her so...