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Director:
Writers:
Dana Lyon (novel) and
Elick Moll (writer)
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Release Date:
27 August 1951 (Sweden) more
Tagline:
This is the house forbidden to every woman with a conscience, forbidden to every man with honor! more
Plot:
Concentration camp survivor Victoria Kowelska finds herself involved in mystery, greed, and murder when she assumes the identity of a dead friend in order to gain passage to America. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
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Reality within the movie more (16 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Richard Basehart ... Alan Spender
Valentina Cortese ... Victoria Kowelska (as Valentina Cortesa)
William Lundigan ... Major Marc Bennett
Fay Baker ... Margaret
Gordon Gebert ... Christopher
Steven Geray ... Dr. Burkhardt
Herbert Butterfield ... Joseph C. Callahan
Kei Thin Chung ... Kei - Houseboy
John Burton ... Mr. Whitmore
Katherine Meskill ... Mrs. Whitmore
Mario Siletti ... Tony, the Grocer
Charles Wagenheim ... Man At Accident

David Clarke ... Mechanic
Tamara Schee ... Maria
Natasha Lytess ... Karin Dernakova
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Additional Details

Runtime:
93 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Furnishings and props for the mansion interior were acquired by property master Tom Little from the estates of the Agha Khan and David Belasco. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: In the establishing shot of the house at the beginning, the fact that the water in the bay in the background never moves indicates is it a matte painting. more
Quotes:
Victoria Kowelska: Everything will be all right, Margaret. I'll be your witness.
Margaret: My conscience will be my witness, Mrs. Spender.
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Soundtrack:
Blue Moon more

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38 out of 54 people found the following comment useful.
Reality within the movie, 3 November 2003
Author: Alex Botkin (alexbotkin@hotmail.com) from Pittsburgh, PA, USA

About 10-15 minutes into the film there is a segment showing emmigrants filing into a ship to leave to America.

My parents (unknown to them until two years later) got their 15 seconds of fame. They're the man carrying an infant (me, face down-I wasn't ready for my cameo) and the woman with glasses carying two suitcases.

The ship was the SS Marine-Jumper (pretty odd name) which left Hamburg, and it arrived in New York on July 7th 1949.

The crossing was uneventful except that my mother told me she was angry with the sailors for playing catch with an orange. She hadn't eaten one since 1940.

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