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19 September 1952 (USA) morePlot:
1947: Captain Jeff Eliott returns to Germany to thank the Lert family, who hid him during ww-ii when his plane was shot down over Munich... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Fascinating Post-WII Film moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Gene Kelly | ... | Capt. Jeff Eliot |
 | Pier Angeli | ... | Wilhelmina (Willie) Lehrt |
| Richard Rober | ... | Col. James Terry |
| Richard Egan | ... | Lt. Parker |
| Claus Clausen | ... | Heisemann |
| Wilfried Seyferth | ... | Hansig |
| Margot Hielscher | ... | Cabaret Singer |
| Annie Rosar | ... | Mrs. Keigler |
| Harold Benedict | ... | Sgt. at Airport |
| Otto Gebühr | ... | Mr. Nolder |
| Gertrud Wolle | ... | Mrs. Nolder |
| Heinrich Gretler | ... | Keigler |
| Charlotte Flemming | ... | Girl in Telephone Booth |
| Charles Gordon Howard | ... | Lt. Farris |
| Bum Krüger | ... | Oberlitz |
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Germany:90 min | USA:96 min | USA:90 min (TCM print)Country:
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The movie grabs your attention immediately and doesn't let go until the end. Post WII Germany is one of the main characters here and it's fascinating to see the bombed out buildings and how people had to live after the war. The fact that it was filmed on location in winter only adds to the mystery.
As for Gene Kelly not being an actor but only a showman, watch him in Inherit the Wind, and you may change your mind. His non-dancing roles were not really all that rare, even during his heyday as a dancer.
Pier Angeli, who was Italian, is cast as a German girl. That doesn't quite work for me, as her German isn't good enough for her to have been a native, yet her appealing nature, her huge eyes and her inherent sweetness help her performance as woman whose innocence has been lost.
The corruption and struggle to rebuild in Germany and Austria after the war is something that most people do not really know much about. Other recommended movies that deal with this subject are A Foreign Affair and The Third Man.