72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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The Man Between

Carol Reed
     101 m.
Synopsis
Reed moves from Vienna to Berlin, and from the post-war years to the cold war, in this film which has always been unfairly stigmatized because it recalls the unrepeatable The third man. Here, the innocent who arrives in a strange country is a woman (Claire Bloom) and the man making three a crowd is a splendid James Mason, with a memorable final death scene. Once again Reed's expressionist talent for recreating the menace of a city at night living in the shadow of fear shines through.
Director
Carol Reed
Screenplay
Harry Kurnitz
Photography
Desmond Dickinson
Cast
James Mason (Ivo), Claire Bloom (Susanne), Aribert Wäscher (Halendar), Ernst Schröder (Kastner)
Running Time
101 m.
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