The director made some great films,I don't think this is one of them.
I wanted to see this film for years,finally got a dvd ,watched today.
I may have seen this on tv years ago bur I don't remember it.
I suppose I have to mention something about the director,in the Mcarthy era he named names before the hearings,people are still critical of him for this.
I am British and not American but I think I understand the era. Imagine the fate of an anti communist Russian film director in the 1940s and 1950s,compare it to the fate of a pro communist American director.
One gets sent to a camp,the other has to make films in europe,no comparison.
Anyway I am sad to say that I thought this film was poor as a piece of entertainment.
The film is very unsubtle in its message.
I wanted to see this film for years,finally got a dvd ,watched today.
I may have seen this on tv years ago bur I don't remember it.
I suppose I have to mention something about the director,in the Mcarthy era he named names before the hearings,people are still critical of him for this.
I am British and not American but I think I understand the era. Imagine the fate of an anti communist Russian film director in the 1940s and 1950s,compare it to the fate of a pro communist American director.
One gets sent to a camp,the other has to make films in europe,no comparison.
Anyway I am sad to say that I thought this film was poor as a piece of entertainment.
The film is very unsubtle in its message.