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Minä pelkään häntä

Original title: The House on Telegraph Hill
  • 19511951
  • K-16K-16
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
3.1K
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POPULARITY
14,303
13,076
Minä pelkään häntä (1951)
Trailer for this film about a house of secrets and scandal
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CrimeDramaFilm-Noir

Concentration camp survivor Victoria Kowelska finds herself involved in mystery, greed, and murder after she assumes the identity of a dead friend in order to gain passage to America.Concentration camp survivor Victoria Kowelska finds herself involved in mystery, greed, and murder after she assumes the identity of a dead friend in order to gain passage to America.Concentration camp survivor Victoria Kowelska finds herself involved in mystery, greed, and murder after she assumes the identity of a dead friend in order to gain passage to America.

IMDb RATING
6.9/10
3.1K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
14,303
13,076
  • Director
    • Robert Wise
  • Writers
    • Elick Moll(screenplay)
    • Frank Partos(screenplay)
    • Dana Lyon(novel)
  • Stars
    • Richard Basehart
    • Valentina Cortese
    • William Lundigan
Top credits
  • Director
    • Robert Wise
  • Writers
    • Elick Moll(screenplay)
    • Frank Partos(screenplay)
    • Dana Lyon(novel)
  • Stars
    • Richard Basehart
    • Valentina Cortese
    • William Lundigan
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 49User reviews
    • 21Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 1 nomination total

    Videos1

    The House On Telegraph Hill
    Trailer 2:27
    The House On Telegraph Hill

    Photos19

    Minä pelkään häntä (1951)
    Richard Basehart and Fay Baker in Minä pelkään häntä (1951)
    Valentina Cortese and William Lundigan in Minä pelkään häntä (1951)
    Richard Basehart, Valentina Cortese, and William Lundigan in Minä pelkään häntä (1951)
    Valentina Cortese in Minä pelkään häntä (1951)
    Richard Basehart in Minä pelkään häntä (1951)
    Richard Basehart and Valentina Cortese in Minä pelkään häntä (1951)
    Richard Basehart and Valentina Cortese in Minä pelkään häntä (1951)
    Richard Basehart and Valentina Cortese in Minä pelkään häntä (1951)
    Valentina Cortese in Minä pelkään häntä (1951)
    Valentina Cortese and William Lundigan in Minä pelkään häntä (1951)
    Minä pelkään häntä (1951)

    Top cast

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    Richard Basehart
    Richard Basehart
    • Alan Spender
    Valentina Cortese
    Valentina Cortese
    • Victoria Kowelska
    • (as Valentina Cortesa)
    William Lundigan
    William Lundigan
    • Major Marc Bennett
    Fay Baker
    Fay Baker
    • Margaret
    Gordon Gebert
    • Christopher
    Steven Geray
    Steven Geray
    • Dr. Burkhardt
    Herb Butterfield
    Herb Butterfield
    • Joseph C. Callahan
    • (as Herbert Butterfield)
    Kei Thin Chung
    • Kei - Houseboy
    John Burton
    • Mr. Whitmore
    Katherine Meskill
    Katherine Meskill
    • Mrs. Whitmore
    Mario Siletti
    Mario Siletti
    • Tony, the Grocer
    Charles Wagenheim
    Charles Wagenheim
    • Man At Accident
    David Clarke
    David Clarke
    • Mechanic
    Tamara Schee
    • Maria
    Natasha Lytess
    Natasha Lytess
    • Karin Dernakova
    Ashmead Scott
    • Inspector Hardy
    Mari Young
    • Chinese Singer
    Tom McDonough
    • Farrell
    • Director
      • Robert Wise
    • Writers
      • Elick Moll(screenplay)
      • Frank Partos(screenplay)
      • Dana Lyon(novel)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Richard Basehart and Valentina Cortese met while making this film and were married in March1951.
    • Goofs
      Nazi concentration camps routinely confiscated the identification documents and personal property of inmates. Yet Victoria's friend Karin has been allowed by the Nazis to keep a photograph of her son and other means of identification, which Victoria takes after Karin's death. And Victoria also kept her own passport during her time as a prisoner of the Nazis.
    • Quotes

      Alan Spender: [to Victoria/Karin] The trouble with you is you really don't know how to relax.

    • Connections
      Edited into The Green Fog (2017)
    • Soundtracks
      Blue Moon
      (uncredited)

      Music by Richard Rodgers

      Played immediately after the performance at the Chinese restaurant

    User reviews49

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    Reality within the movie
    About 10-15 minutes into the film there is a segment showing emmigrants filing into a ship to leave to America.

    My parents (unknown to them until two years later) got their 15 seconds of fame. They're the man carrying an infant (me, face down-I wasn't ready for my cameo) and the woman with glasses carying two suitcases.

    The ship was the SS Marine-Jumper (pretty odd name) which left Hamburg, and it arrived in New York on July 7th 1949.

    The crossing was uneventful except that my mother told me she was angry with the sailors for playing catch with an orange. She hadn't eaten one since 1940.
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    • alexbotkin
    • Nov 3, 2003

    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 22, 1952 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The House on Telegraph Hill
    • Filming locations
      • Coit Tower, San Francisco, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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