Jacobi as Mr. Gisela Fischer Dr. Koska as Dr. Mort Mills Farmer as Farmer. Chris Anders Blond Aide to Mr. Gerhard as Blond Aide to Mr. Gerhard uncredited. Alfred Hitchcock. Brian Moore Willis Hall contributor to screenplay uncredited Keith Waterhouse contributor to screenplay uncredited. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Once arrived however, Michael informs her that he may be staying for awhile and she should return home.
She follows him and realizes he's actually heading to East Germany, behind the Iron Curtain. She follows him there and is shocked when he announces that he's defecting to the East after the U. In fact, Michael is there to obtain information from a renowned East German scientist. Once the information is obtained, he and Sarah now have to make their way back to the West. Did you know Edit.
Goofs When Professor Armstrong is on the boat, the heater aboard ship is broken, and the close-up of the thermometer shows it is freezing - yet it spite of the fact that he and all the extras are wearing heavy coats, their breath yields no steam, which would have been profuse at that temperature.
Quotes Professor Michael Armstrong : Just give me five minutes with her. Alternate versions In the original version, various German dialogues are translated to English i. In the German version, these translations were removed. Additionally, letters written in English were replaced with letters written in German.
Connections Edited into Earthquake User reviews Review. Top review. Underrated and if no "gem" still fascinating for Newman alone Torn Curtain Hitchcock was on an odd path in the s toward more contained and artificial films, beginning in a way with North by Northwest a masterpiece of control, for sure but getting overtly stylized in Birds and Marnie.
Here, in a bizarre casting choice, we replace the doubtfully capable Tippi Hedron with doubtfully appropriate Julie Andrews, fresh out of The Sound of Music. And of course, there is Paul Newman, who had recently filmed Harper and before that, Hud. A weird mix, and it has its moments. In fact, the chemistry between the two leads in the first scenes is surprising and you might expect or want more of that later on--and you won't get it.
Add to these actors a tense milieu from the time, Cold War defections and the atom bomb, and you have an intriguing basis for making a movie. You can see why he gave it a go. The plot, for what it's worth, is ultimately thin and not convincing hints of Cloak and Dagger with Gary Cooper way back in but Newman, at least, pulls off his role as Dr. Armstrong, atomic scientist, with intense restraint. She doesn't sing, and there are no children to be seen except briefly, on Hitchcock's lap in his cameo!
But then, her character as Armstrong's assistant is also meant to be a bit out to sea. We don't see too much of her. We do see lots of various bit characters, little known and not very interesting men, mostly, with Swedish or German accents.
I say it that way because they are almost just cardboard props for types of people--you know, those cold hearted Stasi types or the cool and cunning Swedes you can't quite figure out, neither of which is especially true or helpful for the plot. Of course, Hitchcock doesn't intend to make this a Cold War commentary. Hitchcock uses the East German scene as a backdrop for the suspense of deception, and of ordinary people trying not to get caught, a perennial theme he manages so well.
Besides Newman, there is a fabulous small role by the great Soviet actress Lila Kedrova that brings the last half hour to life. In the middle of the movie there is one scene that's totally brilliant and wordless, with Newman and Carolyn Conwell in a farmhouse, and it's worth the ride alone. Don't miss that for the world. Julie Andrews and Paul Newman work really well together — a very sexy scene early in the film is a delight, filmed in extreme close-up.
This is also a memorable look at the Cold War at its height, and although the pro-West propaganda is a little thick at times, there is still a sense of the absurdity of the situation. And there is a murder scene of unbelievable savagery that really left me shaken — excellent work here from Newman and Carolyn Conwell.
One of his best cameo appearances too. I think this film deserves re-examination. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. Share this: Twitter Facebook.
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