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The Man Between

The Man Between

Terror! Vice! Violence! He stopped at nothing!

1953 1h 40mThriller

A British woman on a visit to post-war Berlin is caught up in an espionage ring smuggling secrets into and out of the Eastern Bloc.

3.6/5

TMDB score· 69 votes

Synopsis

A British woman on a visit to post-war Berlin is caught up in an espionage ring smuggling secrets into and out of the Eastern Bloc.

The vibe

berlin, germanyfalling in lovebritish noirpost war

Behind it

Carol ReedCarol ReedDirectorHarry KurnitzHarry KurnitzScreenplayWalter EbertScreenplayJohn AddisonJohn AddisonComposerDesmond DickinsonCinematographyHans SchneebergerCinematography

Cast

Claire BloomClaire BloomSuzanne Mallison
James MasonJames MasonIvo Kern
Hildegard KnefHildegard KnefBettina
Geoffrey TooneGeoffrey TooneMartin Mallison
Hilde SessakHilde SessakLizzi
Aribert WäscherAribert WäscherHalendar
Ernst SchröderErnst SchröderOlaf Kastner
Dieter KrauseHorst
Karl JohnKarl JohnInspector Kleiber
Ljuba WelitschOpera singer
Reinhard KolldehoffReinhard KolldehoffKolldehoff EaEasstern German Police Officer commanding the hunt for Ivo Kern and Susanne Mallison (uncredited)
Frederick SchillerFrederick SchillerConstruction Worker on Generator (uncredited)
Emile StemmlerEmile StemmlerWaiter in Restaurant (uncredited)

Director

Carol Reed

Writers

Harry Kurnitz, Walter Ebert

Release date

19 Oct 1953

Runtime

1h 40m

Studio

London Films Productions

Language

Russian, German, English

Country

United Kingdom

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