Ray Milland, Marjorie Reynolds, Carl Esmond, Hillary Brooke, Percy Waram
Stephen Neale is released into WWII England after two years in an asylum, but it doesn't seem so sane outside either. On his way back to London to rejoin civilization, he stumbles across a murderous s...( read more
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Ministry of Fear is easily one of Fritz Lang's high points of the 1940s. He does a great job capturing WWII London with a dreadful mood. The chase scene in the beginning as well as the seance scene is worth it alone. The cast is good, but the set design is superb and if my senses...( read more)
Intriguing mystery to follow. Interesting yet an excellent noir.
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I could think of better endings for the twists. At that time probably the ending is the fittest. Am very much satisfied for that.
Good American film-noir by Fritz Lang. Very good story; had everything to be one of the greatest of the genre, but I still liked it a lot.
76/100
Fritz Lang est dans une période forte quand il réalise "Ministry of Fear", un projet dont il rêvait depuis quelques temps et dont le contrôle lui a finalement échappé quand Paramout a acheté les droits du roman d'origine avant lui pour lui offrir de l'adapter au grand écran... en...( read more)
I expected a lot from a combination of a Graham Greene´s story and Fritz Lang´s direction. And at the beginning, it seems magnificient, with the extraordinary atmosphere from the German director, and the curtains of mistery that appear after each step, away from a very good work ...( read more)
Beautiful cinematography and set design, that alone warrants it as one of his highest points in his later life. The ending was a little bit pointless, Hollywood maybe but the entire starting of this film was personally one of fantastic noir.
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