1947: Captain Jeff Eliott returns to Germany to thank the Lehrt family, who hid him during WW-II when his plane was shot down over Munich. However he learns that the parents died when their...
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Title: The Devil Makes Three (1952)
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1947: Captain Jeff Eliott returns to Germany to thank the Lehrt family, who hid him during WW-II when his plane was shot down over Munich. However he learns that the parents died when their house was bombed, only their daughter Wilhelmina, now 18, is still alive. He finds the pretty girl working as nightclub hostess and shortly after starts dating her. She doesn't tell him that an underground neo-Nazi organization compels her to work for them, and soon gets Jeff involved in their machinations, too. Written by Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
19 September 1952 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
...Y con el diablo somos tres See more »Company Credits
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Runtime:
(TCM print)Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Color:
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(uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
German lyrics by Friedrich Hollaender
Sung in German by a vocal group in the nightclub
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The end of the movie was filmed at the ruins of Hitler's Berghof in Obersalzberg. They clearly used the entry hall with the vaulted ceilings and the conference room with the giant picture window. See more »Soundtracks
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe(uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
German lyrics by Friedrich Hollaender
Sung in German by a vocal group in the nightclub
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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.