Regie:
William A. WellmanDrehbuch:
Milton KrimsKamera:
Charles G. ClarkeMusik:
Alfred NewmanBesetzung:
Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, June Havoc, Edna Best, John Ridgely, Eduard Franz, Berry Kroeger, Peter Whitney, Christopher Olsen, Nicholas Joy, Mauritz Hugo (mehr)Inhalte(1)
Soviet soldier turned bureaucrat Igor Gouzenko is assigned to his first overseas posting in 1943 to Ottawa, Canada, as a cipher clerk for the military attaché, their offices in a secret wing of the Soviet embassy. Igor is not to tell anyone what he does for a living, he given a cover story which he is to recite even when questioned by his own people. He and his wife Anna Gouzenko are supposed to be cordial to their Canadian neighbors and associates, but not fraternize or befriend them, as they are still considered the enemy, despite both countries being on the same side in the war. Igor follows his instructions to a T, but it is more difficult for Anna, who does not have the distraction of work during the day, and who can see that their neighbors are not their enemies but good people much like themselves. Over the next few years, Igor sees that what is happening around him and the work in which he is involved will not result in a world in which he wants to raise his newborn son. (Signal One Entertainment)
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The Iron Curtain, as the title suggests, is a Cold War and propagandistic film, which I wouldn't blame it for so much as the fact that it is hopelessly naive in terms of its script and downright ordinary in terms of its execution. If someone presented me with a similar story today, not only would I unhesitatingly throw the film in the trash, but I would also be genuinely angry that someone is making a fool of me. The main character steals documents of the highest secrecy from the Soviet Embassy and desperately tries to impose them on no one less than the Minister of Justice, and he even turns to the press. When he fails, he resorts to the safety of his apartment, where KGB agents visit him, banging on the door, begging and persuading him to finally open the door and explain the regrettable mistake. As a comedy, it would work wonderfully, but as a supposedly serious drama, it falls embarrassingly short. A mitigating circumstance, however, is the year of production - in 1948, there simply wasn't the proper distance from the subject. The film is indeed based on a real event, but the creators adapted this event to their own image and the plot on the screen has practically nothing to do with reality. Overall impression: 30%.
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