It is a real treat to see Olivia de Havilland and Dirk Bogard together in a film. In fact, it was this unusual paring that prompted me to view this drama on the TMC Network.
The acting is just fine, as one would expect from these two fine performers. The rest of the cast is likewise excellent.
The quirk rests in the script. Assuming Bogardd's character had amnesia right up until the day before the final court summation, it would depend on whether the jury believed his story--thus avoiding a sentencing for perjury. That part is left unresolved, with the film ending before the final settlement is made. Likewise left hanging is the brutal, deliberate assault Bogarde's character admits to performing during the war. It's either a sentence for unaggravated assault or attempted murder, either of which would carry a stiff prison sentence. So it's not quite the peaceful, romantic finale the movie suggests.
The writers crafted a mighty web of plotting here, and the wonder is that this cast is able to bring it off so convincingly.
The acting is just fine, as one would expect from these two fine performers. The rest of the cast is likewise excellent.
The quirk rests in the script. Assuming Bogardd's character had amnesia right up until the day before the final court summation, it would depend on whether the jury believed his story--thus avoiding a sentencing for perjury. That part is left unresolved, with the film ending before the final settlement is made. Likewise left hanging is the brutal, deliberate assault Bogarde's character admits to performing during the war. It's either a sentence for unaggravated assault or attempted murder, either of which would carry a stiff prison sentence. So it's not quite the peaceful, romantic finale the movie suggests.
The writers crafted a mighty web of plotting here, and the wonder is that this cast is able to bring it off so convincingly.