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19 September 1952 (USA)
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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...
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Fascinating Post-WII Film
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Cast
(in credits order) (verified as complete) | 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 |
| Claus Benton Lombard | ... | Waiter |
 | Iván Petrovich | ... | Sigmund Neffs |
| Sepp Rist | ... | Customs Official - German |
| Michael Tellering | ... | Ernst Haltmann |
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| Walter Janssen | ... | (uncredited) |
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| Andrew Marton | |||
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| Lawrence P. Bachmann | (story) (as Lawrence Bachmann) | |
| Jerry Davis | (screenplay) | |
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| Richard Goldstone | .... | producer | |
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| Václav Vích | (director of photography) (as Vaclav Vich) | ||
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| Ben Lewis | |||
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| Paul Markwitz | |||
| Fritz Maurischat | |||
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| Hermann Höhn | .... | assistant director | |
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| Walter Rühland | .... | sound recordist (as Walter Ruehland) | |
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| Rudolph G. Kopp | .... | musical director | |
| Bronislau Kaper | .... | composer: stock music (uncredited) | |
| Eugene Zador | .... | composer: stock music (uncredited) | |
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- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1952) (USA) (theatrical) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated)
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Germany:90 min | USA:96 min | USA:90 min (TCM print)
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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.