The Halfway House

1944
1h 35min

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Un grupo de viajeros, todos con algo para esconder en su pasado, se refugian de una tormenta en una antigua posada. El posadero parece un poco misterioso...Un grupo de viajeros, todos con algo para esconder en su pasado, se refugian de una tormenta en una antigua posada. El posadero parece un poco misterioso...Un grupo de viajeros, todos con algo para esconder en su pasado, se refugian de una tormenta en una antigua posada. El posadero parece un poco misterioso...

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Curiosidades
Although it is nominally based on the unsuccessful 1940 play "The Peaceful Inn" (which makes no mention of World War II), this film is chiefly inspired by a real incident of the war which had attracted some attention at the time. The Welsh village of Cwmbach had only one bomb dropped on it by the Luftwaffe during the entire course of the war; it fell on a local inn and killed the landlord and his daughter (no-one else). It has never been satisfactorily explained why this incident should have occurred. It had not been part of an air raid; there were none in this remote rural area.

Pifias
The action takes place on 21 June 1943 exactly one year after the inn was destroyed on the same day Tobruk fell. The calendar in the ghostly inn shows 21 June 1942 as a Thursday. In fact 21 June 1942 was a Sunday.

Créditos adicionales
Opening credits prologue: CARDIFF

Conexiones
Remade as The Peaceful Inn (1957)

Banda sonora
Die Zauberflöte
("The Magic Flute")(uncredited)
composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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6/10

A taste of the past with lovely camera work

Surprisingly good camera work and color balance for a drama filmed in 1944. Even the out-of-doors scenes are crisp and the light is well balanced.

A group of strangers check-into an inn, each have their own emotional problems. The plot is interesting enough to hold the audiences attention, although a little slow moving in parts. The acting was very solid.

This is a very time-period relevant film. It really accurately reflects the attitudes, values and behaviors of middle class wartime Britain. A little slice of the Welsh countryside during war years.