The story of a female German spy who willingly sacrifices her life for her country.The story of a female German spy who willingly sacrifices her life for her country.The story of a female German spy who willingly sacrifices her life for her country.
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Apollon Uni
- The Triton (prologue)
- (as Uni Apollon)
Álex Nova
- Don Esteban Ferragut (prologue)
- (as Alex Nova)
Mademoiselle Kithnou
- Ferragut's Wife - Dona Cinta
- (as Mle. Kithnou)
Mickey Brantford
- Ferragut's Son - Esteban
- (as Michael Brantford)
Frédéric Mariotti
- Toni - the Mate
- (as Fredrick Mariotti)
Pâquerette
- Doctor Fedelmann
- (as Mme. Paquerette)
Andrews Engelmann
- Submarine Commander
- (as André von Engelman)
John George
- A Servant
- (uncredited)
- Director
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- TriviaFollowing political pressure from the UK, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer withdrew this film from British territories following its initial theatrical run.
- Quotes
Title Card: Between Europe and Africa, stretching from Gibraltar to the Syrian coast, lies the Mediterranean, land-locked and tideless, known to the ancients as Mare Nostrum - "Our Sea".
- Alternate versionsTurner Classic Movies showed a version with an uncredited piano score that ran 102 minutes.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Hollywood (1980)
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Reasonably entertaining
A decent enough film, but it's unlikely to blow you away. Set during WWI, a Spanish sea captain (Antonio Moreno) traveling in Italy meets and falls in love with a young German woman (Alice Terry). One problem is that he's married, and has a young son. Another is that the German woman and her older colleague (Mademoiselle Paquerette) are both spies, and convince him to help the Germany navy out in a way whose ramifications he can't fully appreciate. The film is thus about guilt and paying for the choices one makes in life, and director Rex Ingram pulls no punches. I loved the scenes on location in Naples, Pompeii (with Vesuvius smoking the background), Marseilles, and Barcelona. The scenes with U-boat attacks were tense, and the German officers suitably sinister. It's a little on the melodramatic side, and there are some rather big coincidences to help the plot get to where it's going. Even at 102 minutes, the film is belabored, and elements like the prologue could have been cut. There's something missing to truly recommend it, but on the other hand, it's well made and reasonably entertaining 92 years later.
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- Jul 29, 2018
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- Gross US & Canada
- $620,079
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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