Anti-Nazi tract laced with 1938 newsreel footage finds American girl (Bennett) married to a German (Lederer) gradually learning he is a Nazi, trying to get their son to America.Anti-Nazi tract laced with 1938 newsreel footage finds American girl (Bennett) married to a German (Lederer) gradually learning he is a Nazi, trying to get their son to America.Anti-Nazi tract laced with 1938 newsreel footage finds American girl (Bennett) married to a German (Lederer) gradually learning he is a Nazi, trying to get their son to America.
- Train Traveller
- (as Frederick Vogeding)
- Train Conductor
- (as William Kaufman)
- Storm Trooper
- (uncredited)
- Customs Official
- (uncredited)
- French Broadcaster
- (uncredited)
- Petty Official
- (uncredited)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn a scene where 50 young boys were to wear Nazi uniforms, eight of them walked off the set.
- GoofsWhen Joan Bennett wrestles with her Nazi interrogator, they knock the phone off the desk. The phone very obviously has no cable connected to it.
- Quotes
Kenneth Delane: I gather you're one of those people who *pride* themselves on being fair to Nazis.
Carol Hoffman: No, I... I just try to discount propaganda.
Kenneth Delane: That just means that you've swallowed Dr. Goebbels hook, line, and sinker. That's one of Gobble-Gobbles' favorite tricks - making people discount facts.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Red Hollywood (1996)
It is about a rather likable upper middle-class young couple, Carol and Eric Hoffman (Joan Bennett and Francis Lederer) and their young son visiting Germany. While Eric dismisses the bad things he has heard about the Nazis as propaganda, Carol is open-minded, taking a wait and see attitude. The movie becomes a fascinating dialectical discussion on the pros and con of the regime, with Eric finding the new Germany quite to his liking and Carol becoming more and more horrified. The audience identifies strongly with Carol's position. That is what makes it so effective.
The movie sees the Nazis as a psychotic cult. It shows the horror of a family member being taken over by a cult. It is really the blueprint for many contemporary anti-cult movies.
In his generally perceptive review of the movie, New York Times critic Bosley Crowther praised the movie for its intelligence, restraint and entertainment value. He praised Lederer's acting and others like Lloyd Nolan, but surprisingly attacked Joan Bennett's acting, saying that she just "model dresses and expresses incredulity." This is entirely unfair. Bennett carries the movie on her shoulders and really expresses her horror and disgust at the Nazi's actions with subtlety and intelligence. She is quite believable in every scene.
For an intelligent and enjoyable anti-Nazi film, I highly recommend it.
- jayraskin1
- Sep 28, 2015
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- Also known as
- I Married a Nazi
- Filming locations
- Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany(newsreel footage of Nazi military demonstrations)
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- Runtime1 hour 17 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1