Country: UK
Year: 1939
Duration: 82'
The producer Alexander Korda senses the possible chemistry between Powell and a Hungarian screenwriter who has just emigrated to London, Emeric Pressburger. The story of the commander of a German U-boat which, during WWI, goes ashore near a coastal town to destroy the war ships docked there becomes a disturbing character study. The allure of evil is incarnated by the protagonist Conrad Veidt, who is made even more menacing by Vincent Korda’s ingenious sets in small scale.
Biography
film director
Michael Powell
Michael Powell (Bekesbourne, UK, 1905 - Avening, UK, 1990) started his collaboration with Emerich Pressburger (Miskolc, Hungary, 1902 - Saxstead, UK, 1988) in 1939. In 1943 they formed their own production company, Archers Film Productions. They made nineteen films together, such as The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), Black Narcissus (1947), Red Shoes (1948) and The Tales of Hoffmann (1951). The Archers Film Productions came to an end in 1957 and the pair separated to pursue their individual careers (Powell in 1960 directed Peeping Tom) but they remained devoted friends for the rest of their lives.
FILMOGRAFIA
Michael Powell:
Two Crowded Hours (mm, 1931), My Friend the King (mm, 1931), Rynox (mm, 1931), The Rasp (mm, 1931), The Star Reporter (mm, 1931), Hotel Splendide (mm, 1932), C.O.D. (1932), His Lordship (1932), Born Lucky (1932), The Fire Raisers (1933), The Night of the Party (1933), Red Ensign (Vessillo rosso, 1934), Something Always (1934), The Girl in the Crowd (mm, 1934), Lazybones (1935), The Love Test (1935), The Phantom Light (1935), The Price of a Song (1935), Someday (1935), Her Last Affaire (1936), The Brown Wallet (1936), Crown V. Stevens (1936), The Man Behind the Mask (1936), The Edge of the World (Ai confini del mondo, 1937), The Spy in Black (La spia in nero, 1939), The Lion Has Wings (Leoni dell’aria, doc., 1939), Contraband (Contrabbando, 1940), The Thief of Bagdad (coregia/codirector Ludwig Berger, Tim Whelan, Il ladro di Bagdad, 1940), An Airman’s Letter to His Mother (cm, 1941), 49th Parallel (Gli invasori/49° parallelo, 1941), One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (Volo senza ritorno, 1942), The Sorcerer’s Apprendice (cm, 1955), Honeymoon (1959), Peeping Tom (L’occhio che uccide, 1960), The Queen’s Guards (Le guardie della Regina, 1961), Never Turn Back On a Friend (mm, tv, 1963), A Free Agent (mm, tv, 1964), The Bluebeard’s Castle (1964), The Sworn Twelve (mm, tv, 1965), A 398 46 (mm, tv, 1965), They’re a Weird Mob (Sono strana gente, 1966), Age of Consent (L’età del consenso, 1968), The Boy Who Turned Yellow (Il ragazzo che diventò giallo, 1972), Return to the Edge of the World (tv, 1978).
Michael Powell, Emerich Pressburger:
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (Duello a Berlino, 1943), The Volunteer (Il volontario, 1943), A Canterbury Tale (Un racconto di Canterbury, 1944), I Know Where I’m Going (So dove vado, 1945), Black Narcissus (Narciso nero, 1947), The Red Shoes (Scarpette rosse, 1948), The Small Back Room (1949), Gone to Earth (La volpe, 1950), The Elusive Pimpernel (L’inafferrabile Primula Rossa, 1950), The Tales of Hoffmann (I racconti di Hoffmann, 1951), Oh... Rosalinda!! (id., 1955), The Battle of the River Plate (La battaglia di Rio della Plata, 1956), Ill Met by Moonlight (Colpo di mano a Creta, 1956). Cast
& Credits
regia/director
Michael Powell
soggetto/story
Roland Pertwee, dal romanzo The Spy in Black di/from the novel of the same title by J. Storer Clouston
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Emeric Pressburger
fotografia/cinematography
Bernard Browne
montaggio/film editing
Hugh Stewart
scenografia/production design
Frederick Pusey, Vincent Korda
musica/music
Miklós Rósza
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Conrad Veidt (Capt. Hardt), Valerie Hobson (la professoressa/professor), Sebastian Shaw (Ashington), Marius Goring (Schuster), June Duprez (Anne Burnett)
produzione/production
Harefield
Michael Powell
soggetto/story
Roland Pertwee, dal romanzo The Spy in Black di/from the novel of the same title by J. Storer Clouston
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Emeric Pressburger
fotografia/cinematography
Bernard Browne
montaggio/film editing
Hugh Stewart
scenografia/production design
Frederick Pusey, Vincent Korda
musica/music
Miklós Rósza
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Conrad Veidt (Capt. Hardt), Valerie Hobson (la professoressa/professor), Sebastian Shaw (Ashington), Marius Goring (Schuster), June Duprez (Anne Burnett)
produzione/production
Harefield
