Berlin Correspondent (1942)

American correspondent Bill Roberts is a thorn in the side of the Nazis, as his paper always scoops the world with the truth about Germany. Gestapo Captain Carl Von Rau means to plug the ... See full summary »

Director:

Eugene Forde

Writers:

Steve Fisher (original screenplay), Jack Andrews (original screenplay)

Stars:

Virginia Gilmore, Dana Andrews, Mona Maris

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Virginia Gilmore	...	Karen Hauen
Dana Andrews	...	Bill Roberts
Mona Maris	...	Carla
Martin Kosleck	...	Captain von Rau
Sig Ruman	...	Dr. Dietrich
Kurt Katch	...	Weiner
Erwin Kalser	...	Mr. Hauen
Torben Meyer	...	Manager
William Edmunds	...	Hans Gruber
Hans Schumm	...	Gunther
Leonard Mudie	...	George, English Prisoner
Hans von Morhart	...	The Actor
Curt Furburg	...	Doctor (as Curt Furberg)
Henry Rowland	...	Pilot
Christian Rub	...	Prisoner

Storyline

American correspondent Bill Roberts is a thorn in the side of the Nazis, as his paper always scoops the world with the truth about Germany. Gestapo Captain Carl Von Rau means to plug the leak and assigns Karen Hauen, who he attends to wed, to the case. Roberts is obtaining his information for his stories and broadcasts from an elderly stamp collector who, defiantly opposed to the Nazis, sells the "proper" stamps to Roberts, giving him the information. Attracted to Karen, Roberts invites her to his apartment where she learns his secret. The old philatelist is sent to a concentration camp, and then Karen learns that he is her father. She appeals to Roberts for help and he, in loyalty to the old man and now in love with Karen, agrees to help.

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Plot Keywords:

spy | world war two

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Taglines:

He Lived Thru A Nazi Nightmare You'll Never Forget!

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 September 1942 (USA)

Also Known As:

Correspondant de guerre

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

70 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Edited into All This and World War II (1976)

User Reviews

Nifty little World War II programmer...taut, exciting, if improbable...

BERLIN CORRESPONDENT was one of many propaganda films that entertained World War II audiences in 1942. When it played the local theater houses in the New York area during the age of double features, BAMBI was on the top half of the bill with the DANA ANDREWS film second on the bill.

It's got a really improbable storyline but if you can accept the fact that this is "just a movie" and made for propaganda escapist fare in the early '40s, it's well worth watching.

Dana Andrews is excellent as an American reporter who risks his life so that his sweetheart and her professor father can escape the Nazis. By the time the story gets to the concentration camp scenes near the end, it has compiled a number of improbable twists and turns. Nevertheless, it's briskly paced, well acted and photographed in crisp B&W style that results in good entertainment. The story moves to a fast-moving climax when Dana's planned escape goes amok.

Martin Kosleck makes the most of his Nazi role, the kind he played often in these wartime dramas, and Virginia Gilmore is pleasantly appealing in the leading femme role. Mona Maris seemed to specialize in playing bad girl spies in these kind of stories.

Taut, tense and exciting, flawed only by some improbabilities in the script.