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The Man Between: Directed by Carol Reed. With James Mason, Claire Bloom, Hildegard Knef, Geoffrey Toone. In post-WW2 Berlin, when travel to the East was still possible, the sister of a British officer from West Berlin is abducted by Communist agents and taken into the Soviet sector where her eventual rescue is arranged by a German smuggler.
The Man Between (also known as Berlin Story) is a 1953 British thriller film directed by Carol Reed and starring James Mason, Claire Bloom and Hildegard Knef. The screenplay concerns a British woman on a visit to post-war Berlin , who is caught up in an espionage ring smuggling secrets into and out of the Eastern Bloc .
Summaries. In post-WW2 Berlin, when travel to the East was still possible, the sister of a British officer from West Berlin is abducted by Communist agents and taken into the Soviet sector where her eventual rescue is arranged by a German smuggler.
Overview. A British woman on a visit to post-war Berlin is caught up in an espionage ring smuggling secrets into and out of the Eastern Bloc. Carol Reed. Director. Harry Kurnitz. Screenplay.
- The European influence. Reed had been using expressionistic lighting and oblique camera angles to create an air of unease since Night Train to Munich (1940).
- Shades of Greene. Although Reed collaborated with Graham Greene on The Fallen Idol (1948), The Third Man and Our Man in Havana (1959), the novelist was a reluctant screenwriter and expressed no interest in adapting Susanne in Berlin, which pulp writer Walter Ebert had penned under the pseudonym Lothar Schuler.
- Ruins, shadows and snow. Deprived of the services of German-trained cinematographer Robert Krasker, Reed turned to Desmond Dickinson, whose experience shooting wartime documentaries enabled him to contrast the reconstruction of Berlin’s commercial centre with the devastation that still existed around the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag.
- The estimable German ensemble cast. All but three of the credited cast were German. The initial focus falls on Hildegard Neff, the poised sister-in-law whose increasingly erratic behaviour convinces Bloom she’s having an affair with the mysterious Mason.
Film Details. Articles & Reviews. Quotes. Brief Synopsis. An East Berliner helps a British woman trapped behind the Iron Curtain. Cast & Crew. Read More. Carol Reed. Director. James Mason. Ivo. Claire Bloom. Susanne. Hildegard Knef. Geoffrey Toone. Martin. Arlbert Wuescher. Halendar. Photos & Videos. View All. 1 Photo. Film Details. Also Known As.
After the fall of Germany in World War II, Susanne Mallinson (Claire Bloom) visits her brother Martin (Geoffrey Toone), a major who has relocated to Berlin and married a local woman named Bettina...
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