I See a Dark Stranger

1946
Approved
1h 52m

ÉVALUATION IMDb

6,9/10

1,9 k

MA NOTE

A young Irish woman hates England so much she becomes a Nazi spy.

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA young Irish woman hates England so much she becomes a spy for Germany.A young Irish woman hates England so much she becomes a spy for Germany.A young Irish woman hates England so much she becomes a spy for Germany.

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ÉVALUATION IMDb

6,9/10

1,9 k

MA NOTE

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

Prix
- 1 victoire au total

Anecdotes
Minehead mechanic and taxi driver, William Baker, was hired to ferry the cast around. As a reward, they placed him in the film as the man cleaning paint off the vandalised statue

Gaffes
In Devon in June 1944, sunset would be after 10 p.m. (Double Summer Time), and, indeed, when the clock strikes 9 and Bridie suddenly ends her date with David, they are seen moving against a daytime sky. Yet in the prisoner scene occurring simultaneously, it's fully dark.

Citations
J. Miller: You should visit England one day. You may change your mind.
Bridie Quilty: There's no need. I've an aunt there who has told me all about it. She says the upper classes are cringing and always moaning about their troubles, and the lower classes are arrogant and think they own the Earth.
J. Miller: I thought it was the other way round.
Bridie Quilty: My aunt runs a servants' registry office.
J. Miller: Ah!
Bridie Quilty: There's no "ah" about it. She hates the whole lot of them, and so do I. My father fought for Ireland against the English in 1916, and if I ever get the chance I shall do the same.
J. Miller: For a subject of a neutral country, aren't you being a little belligerent?
Bridie Quilty: There's nothing belligerent about it. It's entirely a question of which side I'm neutral on.

Connexions
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Bandes originales
Kelly the Boy from Killane
Irish folk song
Sung by the men in the pub

Commentaires des utilisateurs46

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7/10

Very good, though slightly marred by a silly ending

This is an interesting story about a young Irish woman who hates the British, so she's interested in becoming a spy for "the other guys" during WWII. She seems to know nothing about the Germans or what they stand for--she just knows that, as an Irishwoman, she hates the Brits and wants to help anyone they are fighting. Because her logic seems so simplistic, she seems very naive. However, despite this, she does get involved, somewhat by chance, in a German spy ring.

How this all works out and her eventual revelation about what and why she was doing this make this a very interesting film. Also, an improbable but interesting romance that occurs with a British officer is pretty interesting. Overall, it's a very good drama and very original, but I was disappointed with the last 10 minutes of the film. While it had been a straight drama, the fight scene between the Brit and the spies really seemed slapstick inspired and just didn't fit the overall style of the film. Still, it's a relatively minor quibble and this still is a nice film--with a particularly good performance by a young Deborah Kerr.