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The Man Between

"Terror! Vice! Violence! He stopped at nothing!"

1953-11-18 Thriller 1hr 40m

A British woman on a visit to post-war Berlin is caught up in an espionage ring smuggling secrets into and out of the Eastern Bloc.

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The Man Between

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A British woman on a visit to post-war Berlin is caught up in an espionage ring smuggling secrets into and out of the Eastern Bloc.

  • Released
    1953-11-18
  • Revenue
    n/a
  • Budget
    n/a
  • Runtime
    1hr 40m
  • Genre
    Thriller
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    Pусский, Deutsch, English
  • imdb-logo
    7
  • Production
    London Films Productions

Crew

Carol Reed
Director
Harry Kurnitz
Screenplay
Carol Reed
Producer
Keywords:
berlin, germany falling in love british noir post war

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Cast

Claire Bloom

Claire Bloom
Suzanne Mallison
James Mason

James Mason
Ivo Kern
Hildegard Knef

Hildegard Knef
Bettina
Geoffrey Toone

Geoffrey Toone
Martin Mallison
Hilde Sessak

Hilde Sessak
Lizzi
Aribert Wäscher

Aribert Wäscher
Halendar
Ernst Schröder

Ernst Schröder
Olaf Kastner
Dieter Krause

Dieter Krause
Horst
Karl John

Karl John
Inspector Kleiber
Ljuba Welitsch

Ljuba Welitsch
Opera singer
Reinhard Kolldehoff

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Frederick Schiller

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A Review by Geronimo1967 7

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2022-09-25

Very much in the vein of Carol Reed's similar cold war thriller "The Third Man" (1949), this is a gritty and characterful story set in Berli... read more

Very much in the vein of Carol Reed's similar cold war thriller "The Third Man" (1949), this is a gritty and characterful story set in Berlin just before the Soviet Union imposed travel restrictions. This time, the Communists kidnap "Susanne" (Claire Bloom) - she happens to be the sister of British officer "Martin" (Geoffrey Toone) and we are now presented with an intriguing and internecine series of spy and counter-spy scenarios that revolve around the dubious "Ivo" (James Mason) with whom the missing woman had been associating with - and has fallen for. It transpires that she is being held so that they can use her as leverage for the return of "Kastner" (Ernst Schröder), a lawyer with a distinctly dodgy pre-war past. It now falls to "Ivo" to rescue her and smuggle her to safety. Desmond Dickinson's dark and eery photography - especially in what's left of the heavily bombed out Berlin - coupled with a seedy and effective John Addison score work well to create an atmospheric environment. I didn't love Mason's rather unreliable German accent, but Bloom is quite effective and there are compensating and strong supporting contributions from an on-form Hildegard Knef ("Bettina") and from Aribert Wäscher as the untrustworthy "Halendar" as the plot twists and turns towards quite a menacing and tightly shot denouement. The narrative is tight, the romance sparing, it is frequently quite compelling to watch and it does have a ring of plausibility to it. A superior crime drama well worth a watch.

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A Review by CinemaSerf

Very much in the vein of Carol Reed's similar cold war thriller "The Third Man" (1949), this is a gritty and characterful story set in Berlin just before the Soviet Union imposed travel restrictions. This time, the Communists kidnap "Susann...

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A Review by Geronimo1967 7

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2022-09-25

Very much in the vein of Carol Reed's similar cold war thriller "The Third Man" (1949), this is a gritty and characterful story set in Berlin just before the Soviet Union imposed travel restrictions. ...

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