Perfect Strangers

1945
Approved
1 Std. 42 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,1/10

1596

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Deborah Kerr and Robert Donat in Perfect Strangers (1945)

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1 Video

12 Fotos

Drama Romance

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuA dull married couple, separated by their enlistment during World War II, reunite after three years to find that they have become very different people.A dull married couple, separated by their enlistment during World War II, reunite after three years to find that they have become very different people.A dull married couple, separated by their enlistment during World War II, reunite after three years to find that they have become very different people.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,1/10

1596

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

1 Oscar gewonnen
- 1 wins total

Chemist
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Jeanine Carre

Jeannie
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Leslie Dwyer

Stripey
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Muriel George

Minnie
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Alf Goddard

Sailor Singing 'Daisy, Daisy'
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Vincent Holman

ARP Warden
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Allan Jeayes

Commander
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Peter Lawford

Introduction - USA Version
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Henry B. Longhurst

Petty Officer
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Eliot Makeham

Mr. Staines
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Elliott Mason

Mrs. Hemmings
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Roger Moore

Soldier
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Mollie Munks

Meg
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Handlung

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Wissenswertes
Uniforms worn by the characters are 100% correct. Cathy's W.R.E.N. uniform, when she joins, has the pre-1942 soft cap. Toward the end, it is updated to the correct later-style cap. When working with her boat crew, she wears the correct men's bell bottoms and white top, and the lanyard with knife. Elena, the nurse, wears a correct tropical dress white uniform of Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service, with white tippet (short cape).

Patzer
In the beginning, Robert rips the page off a calendar exposing the page for Wednesday, April 4, 1940. That date fell on a Thursday. It is the correct day, though, for 1945 -- the year the movie was produced.

Zitate
Robert Wilson: You've certainly got the view you always wanted.
Cathy Wilson: Miles and miles of it. But oh, Robert, the desolation!
Robert Wilson: Poor old London. Well, we'll just have to build it up again.
Cathy Wilson: It will take years and years.
Robert Wilson: But what of that, Cathy? We're young.

Verbindungen
Referenced in Knotenpunkt Bhowani (1956)

Soundtracks
These Foolish Things
(uncredited)
Music by Jack Strachey
Lyrics by Eric Maschwitz

Benutzerrezensionen40

Rezension

Ausgewählte Rezension

8/10

Gets better with each viewing

We saw this movie years ago on AMC and taped it. Fortunately, it is now available on DVD. The US version is shorter by 9 minutes, and I keep wondering what I have missed. It would be nice if the "Perfect Strangers" full version could be had.

I won't repeat any of the plot here, but I will mention a few scenes and details that might be missed. First off, the attention to detail is fabulous. The funky London smokestacks, the military uniforms, the barrage balloons, even the casting-off drill on the WREN's launch. Robert's love interest Elena is of course a member of Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service, in a spot-on white dress uniform.

As some other reviewers have pointed out, the ending is not as good as it could have been. The argument in the street is rather contrived, and I always wonder what happened to Chief Petty Officer McAllister - he just sort of wanders off at 3 or 4 in the morning, with no obvious place to go. This scene needed to be redone!

But far and away the best scene in the movie is when Robert and Cathy finally set eyes on one another in the pub. In particular, Cathy stares and stares at Robert, seemingly forever, not believing her eyes. I don't know how Deborah Kerr managed this, but Cathy somehow looked Robert up and down, without changing the position of her eyes. It is awesome!