Verboten! (1959)

A young American serviceman, stationed in Germany after the fall of the Third Reich, jeopardises his position with the Marshall Plan relief effort by breaking the non-fraternisatiom rule ... See full summary »

Director:

Samuel Fuller

Writer:

Samuel Fuller

Stars:

James Best, Susan Cummings, Tom Pittman

Cast

Complete credited cast:
James Best	...	Sgt. David Brent
Susan Cummings	...	Helga Schiller / Brent
Tom Pittman	...	Bruno Eckart
Paul Dubov	...	Capt. R. Harvey
Harold Daye	...	Franz Schiller
Dick Kallman	...	Helmuth Strasser
Stuart Randall	...	Colonel
Steven Geray	...	Mayor (Burghermeister) of Rothbach
Anna Hope	...	Frau Schiller
Robert Boon	...	SS officer
Sasha Harden	...	Eric Heiden
Paul Busch	...	Gunther Dietrich
Neyle Morrow	...	Sfc. Kellogg
Joe Turkel	...	Infantryman (as Joseph Turkel)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Paul Anka	...	Vocalist behind opening credits

Storyline

A young American serviceman, stationed in Germany after the fall of the Third Reich, jeopardises his position with the Marshall Plan relief effort by breaking the non-fraternisatiom rule and falling in love with a young German woman. He uses his position to obtain food and luxuries for her that are in short supply, and all seems to be going well for the couple. What he doesn't realise is that the Werewolves, the Nazi guerrilla movement, have plans in which he features heavily.

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Plot Keywords:

nazi

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Taglines:

A MAD GENERATION... Spawned In Lust... Consumed By Hate!

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Genres:

Thriller | War | Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English German

Release Date:

25 March 1959 (USA)

Also Known As:

Forbidden!

Company Credits

Production Co:

Globe Enterprises, RKO Teleradio Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min 87 min (TCM print)

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Did You Know?

Trivia

Cameo - Samuel Fuller as the radio announcer of the Armed Forces Network during the Rhine river cruise scene.

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Connections

Featured in The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera (1996)

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Soundtracks

"Verboten!"
Music by Harry Sukman
Lyrics by Mack David
Sung by Paul Anka

User Reviews

Not bad!

I enjoyed this for a couple of reasons. The emotional tangle was at times confusing and imperfectly resolved, but the blend of newsreel footage with the film's narrative was often compelling. The other element that I appreciated was the depiction of the Werewolves, the fanatical Nazis who continued the fight after the formal surrender. I don't know of another film that deals with them. They assassinated Burgomaster Oppenhoff of Aachen on Palm Sunday, 1945, for example, and did create problems for the occupation. The film, then, challenges the sanitized version of victory and occupation with some gritty realities. The "human issues" are presented not so much through the characters here, but through the historical reality that was gripping those who had survived Hitler -- both conquered and victors.