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| Charles Laughton | ... | ||
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| Ruth Warrick | ... |
Kate Bergstroem
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| J. Edward Bromberg | ... |
Hotel Manager at the Verdun
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Ruth Nelson | ... |
Madame Fessier
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Stephen Bekassy | ... |
Alex
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Tattooed Waiter
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Art Smith | ... |
Inspector
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Capt. Alidze
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In winter of 1938, Paris is crowded with refugees from the Nazis, who live in the black shadows of night, trying to evade deportation. One such is Dr. Ravic, who practices medicine illegally and stalks his old Nazi enemy Haake with murder in mind. One rainy night, Ravic meets Joan Madou, a kept woman cast adrift by her lover's sudden death. Against Ravic's better judgement, they become involved in a doomed affair; matters come to a crisis on the day war is declared. Written by Rod Crawford <[email protected]>
Pay no attention to high-brow detractors; if you want to see a luminous Ingrid Bergman and a world-weary Charles Boyer at their film noir best, run--do not walk--to your nearest store and buy this film (VHS only, unfortunately).
Do not expect sparks to fly between these war-time lovers--Bergman as a kept woman carried along willy-nilly by forces beyond her control, and Boyer as a physician and resistance member on the run in occupied Paris--their encounters are brief and ill-starred, save only for the deep tenderness that occasionally surfaces, especially at the film's end.
Casablanca it's not, but it will disappoint no lover of this genre.