I've seen Billy Wilder's *A Foreign Affair*, also filmed in the ruins of post-war Germany, several times. It's not a great movie, but it has great scenes between Jean Arthur and Marlene Dietrich that give us some idea of what it must have been like for the average non-Nazi German citizen to live through the war there.
This movie is also shot in immediately post-War Germany, but all it shows us is a small group of Nazi sympathizers who evidently think they can revive the Third Reich. With what?
The script here is the real culprit. It doesn't make clear who these would-be Nazis are, what their plans are, etc. Nor does it give us any good idea why they should be opposed to plans for German reunification. What are Prof. Bernhardt's plans for a reunified Germany?
And, of course, with a beautiful star like Merle Oberon, why is she left in the end with no romance in her future?
This movie, to me, is the unfortunate result of a badly underdeveloped script.
This movie is also shot in immediately post-War Germany, but all it shows us is a small group of Nazi sympathizers who evidently think they can revive the Third Reich. With what?
The script here is the real culprit. It doesn't make clear who these would-be Nazis are, what their plans are, etc. Nor does it give us any good idea why they should be opposed to plans for German reunification. What are Prof. Bernhardt's plans for a reunified Germany?
And, of course, with a beautiful star like Merle Oberon, why is she left in the end with no romance in her future?
This movie, to me, is the unfortunate result of a badly underdeveloped script.