The man between / London Films present ; Carol Reed's production ; screenplay by Harry Kurnitz ; produced in association with and distributed by British Lion Film Corporation Ltd. ; produced and directed by Carol Reed.
Edition:
[Special edition].
Publisher:
Kino Lorber,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
James Mason, Claire Bloom, Hildegard Neff, Geoffrey Toone, Aribert Waescher, Ernst Schroeder, Hilde Sessak. Title and credits from screen; edition statement from publisher's website. Originally released as a motion picture in 1953. Based on an original story by Walter Ebert. Full screen (1.37:1). "Set in a divided Berlin at the beginning of the Cold War, the film is often considered a companion piece to The Third Man with its atmospheric portrayal of a city struggling to survive in a grim post-war reality of poverty and mistrust."--Container. DVD extras: new audio commentary by film critic and author Simon Abrams; interview with Claire Bloom; Carol Reed: a gentle eye; 1967 BFI audio interview with James Mason; trailers.
Summary:
After the end of the Second World War, English woman Susanne Mallison, a naïve schoolteacher, travels to Berlin to visit her older brother, Martin, a soldier who married a German woman named Bettina. Suspecting her of something, Susanne snoops on Bettina in order to protect her brother. When Susanne finds Bettina with her German friend, Ivo, he offers to show her around Berlin, and they quickly fall in love. However, Susanne quickly learns that Ivo and Bettina were once involved, and that they shared criminal past during the war. When Ivo gets blackmailed by his old associates, Susanne is kidnapped and imprisoned until Ivo does what they want, leading to one last misguided trip through the Brandenburg Gate, with potentially tragic consequences.
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