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The Saboteur: Code Name Morituri (1965)

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(Morituri)


Country: US
Technical: bw 122m
Director: Bernhard Wicki
Cast: Yul Brynner, Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Janet Margolin

Synopsis:

A German in the Far East is coerced by the British into impersonating an SS officer aboard a ship carrying a cargo of rubber from Japan to Europe. His mission, to prevent the captain scuttling the ship in the event of allied interference, is compromised by his relationship with a young Jewess on board.

Review:

Never mind the clumsy title, this is a suspenseful, detailed, excellently photographed thriller, with Brando intensifying every scene in which he appears, and while reprising his principled Nazi from The Young Lions. The film avoids categorisation as a 'go in and blow it up' war film, or as an anti-war statement, showing only too well how attitudes to war are dictated by individual circumstance.

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(Morituri)


Country: US
Technical: bw 122m
Director: Bernhard Wicki
Cast: Yul Brynner, Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Janet Margolin

Synopsis:

A German in the Far East is coerced by the British into impersonating an SS officer aboard a ship carrying a cargo of rubber from Japan to Europe. His mission, to prevent the captain scuttling the ship in the event of allied interference, is compromised by his relationship with a young Jewess on board.

Review:

Never mind the clumsy title, this is a suspenseful, detailed, excellently photographed thriller, with Brando intensifying every scene in which he appears, and while reprising his principled Nazi from The Young Lions. The film avoids categorisation as a 'go in and blow it up' war film, or as an anti-war statement, showing only too well how attitudes to war are dictated by individual circumstance.

(Morituri)


Country: US
Technical: bw 122m
Director: Bernhard Wicki
Cast: Yul Brynner, Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Janet Margolin

Synopsis:

A German in the Far East is coerced by the British into impersonating an SS officer aboard a ship carrying a cargo of rubber from Japan to Europe. His mission, to prevent the captain scuttling the ship in the event of allied interference, is compromised by his relationship with a young Jewess on board.

Review:

Never mind the clumsy title, this is a suspenseful, detailed, excellently photographed thriller, with Brando intensifying every scene in which he appears, and while reprising his principled Nazi from The Young Lions. The film avoids categorisation as a 'go in and blow it up' war film, or as an anti-war statement, showing only too well how attitudes to war are dictated by individual circumstance.

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