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The Prize (1963)

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As the Nobel Prize winners come to Stockholm to receive their awards, their lives are overturned and perturbed in various ways.

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Andrew Craig
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Dr. Max Stratman / Prof. Walter Stratman
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Emily Stratman
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Dr. Denise Marceau
Gérard Oury ...
Dr. Claude Marceau
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Dr. Carlo Farelli
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Dr. John Garrett
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Count Bertil Jacobsson
Sacha Pitoëff ...
Daranyi, Dark Henchman (as Sacha Pitoeff)
Jacqueline Beer ...
Monique Souvir, Dr. Claude's 'Secretary'
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Hans Eckhart
Don Dubbins ...
Ivar Cramer, Light Henchman
Virginia Christine ...
Mrs. Bergh, Chaperon
Rudolph Anders ...
Mr. Rolfe Bergh - Chaperon
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Storyline

For some reason, this year's Nobel prize in literature has been awarded to the young author Andrew Craig, who seems to be more interested in women and drinking than writing. Another laureate is Dr. Max Stratman, the famous German-American physicist who comes to Stockholm for the award ceremony with his young and beautiful niece Emily. The Foreign Department also assigns him an assistant during his stay, Miss Andersson. Craig soon notices that Dr. Stratman is acting strangely. The second time they meet, Dr. Stratman does not even recognize him. Craig begins to investigate. Written by Mattias Thuresson

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He ordered a martini...kissed a girl...and was plunged into a nightmare of danger (USA Theatrical) See more »


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25 December 1963 (USA)  »

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(Westrex Recording System)

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Trivia

Bears many plot similarities, similar scenes, and actors in common with North by Northwest due to both being written by Ernest Lehman . See more »

Goofs

The film takes place in 1963, but the cars are driving on the right hand side of the road, Sweden did not change to right hand driving until 3 September 1967. See more »

Quotes

Inger Lisa Andersen: Mr. Craig, I hope you'll forgive me but in matters of sex, compared to the average Scandinavian you would be considered a mere amateur.
Andrew Craig: Miss Andersen will you marry me?
Inger Lisa Andersen: We have a saying in Sweden. Why settle for one dish when there's smorgasbord.
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Spoofs North by Northwest (1959) See more »

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"Winter Garden"
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Music by Harold Gelman
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User Reviews

Deserves a Prize
4 March 2009 | by See all my reviews

I absolutely enjoyed this 2+ hours long movie! And the fact that, as others have mentioned, it's inspired by Hitchcock doesn't matter.

I liked Newman's character. A man who is more interested in women and drink rather than the Nobel Prize, who has a devil-may-care attitude towards everything, decides to endanger his own life when he realises his colleague is in trouble. Maybe he does it partially because he is bored and partially because he has been writing detective stories for the past few years, but it is interesting to watch his behaviour anyway.

Although the plot is pretty simple, there is something that gets you hooked from the very beginning and doesn't let you go until the very last phrase. To characterise the film in one word, I would say it was *interesting*, and the supporting characters play a significant role here.


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