Was this review helpful to you? User Ratings: State Secret (1950) James Cahill 2011-09-03 . So now something has to be done about Marlowe. Vicky Barton visits Paris with her brother Johnny, only to discover the following morning he has gone missing and the hotel staff have no recollection of his presence.
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There was eight weeks on location filming, in Fairbanks later said filming was difficult as some in Italy thought the film was anti-communist while others said it was pro-communist, and the film unit had to avoid riots.Trade papers called the film a "notable box office attraction" in British cinemas in 1950.FILM IN THE MAKING: "State Secret" In a 1950s British village, a teenager, who is in love with her Latin language teacher, disappears, prompting the police to investigate the teacher, amidst public rumors of rape and murder.
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A young Irish woman hates England so much she becomes a Nazi spy.
An Army deserter, still a fugitive in Post-War Britain, wanders into a pawn-shop robbery and finds himself wanted for murder. Certificate: Tous Public Directed by Sidney Gilliat.
Los Angeles Times 2 Nov 1949: A7Round the British Studios 1391, (Nov 26, 1949): 11.Watts, Stephen. Certificate: Tous Public )when Lisa offers to let him stay overnight in her room
Although there was some filming done at Isleworth Studios in London, Gilliat wanted to make as much of the film on location. In the film, all the citizens of the made up nation of Vosnia speak Esperanto! He finds that he is to operate on the Vosnian dictator. State Secret gives the viewer a chance to hear fluent Esperanto, as well as adding flavor to the underlying excitement of the plot.Looking for some great streaming picks? When the latter dies, he is replaced by a look-alike, but Marlowe is the object of a shoot-to-kill, vicious pursuit by the secret police of Vosnia since it is vital to Vosnia that the dictator's death does not become known. Cabdriver Constantine falls for French girl mixed up with white slave ring, eventually helps to liberate her. Gilliat got the idea for making the film from a newspaper article he read shortly before A "Vosnian" language was constructed for the film by a linguistics expert, combining Latin and Slavic.The star role went to Douglas Fairbanks Jnr, who had made a number of British films in the 1930s and was keen to work in the country again. Certificate: Tous publics Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? It used to be on TV all the time, but I haven't seen it in years and cannot find a copy. However, the authorities have no intention of sharing that little snippet of information with the people of Vosnia. New York Times 8 May 1949: X5.AMERICAN INFLUENCE CHANGING BRITISH FILMS: Native Character Losing Out on Screen Due to Influx of Hollywood Artists By C. A. LEJEUNE New York Times 19 June 1949: X5.Paulette Goddard May Do 'Cynthia;' Erskine Plans Independent Film 12 of 12 people found this review helpful. Sight and Sound; London Vol. Marlowe flees and seeks the help of Lisa Robinson. David Preston, a bank official, goes missing for twenty-four hours and has no memory of the lost time. One very interesting fact about the movie is that it was, to the best of my knowledge, the first film to make use of Esperanto.
This is a wonderful film and well worth seeing; if you can find it! Nepean, Edith. A barber commits a petty theft, which leads to his becoming involved in blackmail and murder. The dictator dies but is replaced by a look-alike. of episodes4 Production ProducerJohann Knobel CinematographyOwen McPolin EditorMark Thornton Running time4 x 1 hour Production companyComp… When he learns that the steward of his local club has implicated him in a robbery, and...
Secret State British and Irish DVD cover GenrePolitical drama Based onA Very British Coup by Chris Mullin Written byRobert Jones Directed byEd Fraiman StarringGabriel Byrne Charles Dance Douglas Hodge Gina McKee Rupert Graves Ruth Negga Theme music composerAlex Heffes Country of originUnited Kingdom Original languageEnglish No. Marlowe and Robinson are released and fly to freedom. He meets a war widow who helps him elude the police while he ... When the man dies the surgeon has to escape the police. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Watch Secret State Free Online. "London Status quo: Production Remains Subject of Optimism And Gloom..." (Produced by the British team of Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat "in association with London Films" and released in the U.S. by Columbia Pictures Corporation.
The hope was that it would be adopted as an "everyman's language" and be equally difficult for all people to master. Visiting in England, famed American surgeon Doctor John Marlowe is decoyed to a middle European country, and discovers the operation he is to perform is on the Vosnian dictator. During WW2, a Royal Navy Commander stumbles upon a murdered woman and discovers a network of Nazi spies and Fifth-Columnists. His casting was announced in May 1949.Fairbanks later said "We have definitely reached a In July it was announced that another Hollywood star would play the female lead but by August British actor Filming began in August 1949. Schallert, Edwin.
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