Thorndike, cacciatore inglese in vacanza in Baviera, ha Hitler nel mirino. Viene catturato, picchiato, dato per morto ma riesce a fuggire a Londra dove viene perseguitato da agenti tedeschi ... Leggi tuttoThorndike, cacciatore inglese in vacanza in Baviera, ha Hitler nel mirino. Viene catturato, picchiato, dato per morto ma riesce a fuggire a Londra dove viene perseguitato da agenti tedeschi e aiutato da una giovane donna.Thorndike, cacciatore inglese in vacanza in Baviera, ha Hitler nel mirino. Viene catturato, picchiato, dato per morto ma riesce a fuggire a Londra dove viene perseguitato da agenti tedeschi e aiutato da una giovane donna.
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Recensioni in evidenza
British officer and renowned big game hunter Alan Thorndike (Walter Pidgeon)literally sets his rifle's sight on Hitler at Berchtesgarten but is foiled by security then tortured by the Gestapo to sign a confession. When he refuses they throw him off of a cliff to cover-up but his fall is broken and he manages to escape back to England on a tramp steamer where Nazi agents (England and Germany were not at war at the moment)continue to pursue him. Enlisting the assistance of a cockney streetwalker (Joan Bennett) he eludes their grasp until cornered in a cave.
Fritz Lang's complete command of the medium in Man Hunt is a master class in film-making. Timing, atmosphere, mise en scene, use of sound and editing deftly create a realistic world that morphs into Kafkaesque nightmare of unrelenting tension and suspense.
Pidgeon's Thorndike has a clumsy James Bond like quality and charm about him as he parries with head nemesis George Sanders Gestapo chief. Sanders is a fascinating villain displaying a fluent bi-lingual authority (another testament to Lang's superb ability at visual story telling) checkmating Thorndike continuously.
Within in this suspenseful framework Lang manages to comment on the English class system, hunting ethics, the enemy within and the need for US involvement in fighting Fascism without missing a beat. The score does some arm twisting but doesn't interfere too much with Lang's magnificent construction and follow through. Man Hunt is precision suspense film making at its best.
Rumors were at the time (2009) that this was cleaned up and released on DVD to capitalize on the DVD release of Tom Cruise's Valkyrie. Oh well, I'll take my classic films any way that I can get them.
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- QuizVery little indeed remains of Geoffrey Household's original novel in this adaptation, but the author, interviewed about it over 30 years later, conceded that "Fritz Lang made a smashing film out of my book."
- BlooperAs Thorndike is being chased through London, the pub in the background has bat-wing doors of the sort found in Western saloons in the US. No pub in Great Britain has such doors; they have proper doorways that keep out the rain, fog and snow.
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Captain Alan Thorndike: Every good soldier needs a crest for his cap. And you shall have your pin, set with diamonds if you wish.
- Versioni alternativeThe Academy Film Archive preserved Duello mortale (1941) in 2000.
- ConnessioniEdited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Une histoire seule (1989)
- Colonne sonoreShe Was Poor but She Was Honest
(uncredited)
Music by R.P. Weston
Lyrics by Bert Lee
Sung by the street singers
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- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 45 minuti
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