Chasse à l'homme

Titre original : Man Hunt

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Political Drama Political Thriller Crime Drama Romance Thriller War

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueIn July 1939, British hunter Thorndike, vacationing in Bavaria, has Hitler in his gun sight. He is captured, beaten, left for dead, and escapes back to London where he is hounded by German a... Tout lireIn July 1939, British hunter Thorndike, vacationing in Bavaria, has Hitler in his gun sight. He is captured, beaten, left for dead, and escapes back to London where he is hounded by German agents and aided by a young woman.In July 1939, British hunter Thorndike, vacationing in Bavaria, has Hitler in his gun sight. He is captured, beaten, left for dead, and escapes back to London where he is hounded by German agents and aided by a young woman.

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Récompenses
- 1 victoire au total

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Rôles principaux45

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Walter Pidgeon

Captain Alan Thorndike

Joan Bennett

Jerry Stokes

George Sanders

Major Quive-Smith

John Carradine

Mr. Jones

Roddy McDowall

Vaner

Ludwig Stössel

Doctor
(as Ludwig Stossell)

Heather Thatcher

Lady Alice Risborough

Frederick Worlock

Lord Gerald Risborough

Roger Imhof

Captain Jensen

Charles Bennett

Costermonger
(non crédité)

Frank Benson

Cab Driver
(non crédité)

Ted Billings

Newsboy
(non crédité)

Walter Bonn

Harbor Policeman
(non crédité)

Sven Hugo Borg

Ship's First Mate
(non crédité)

Egon Brecher

Whiskers Pawnbroker
(non crédité)

Cyril Delevanti

Cab Driver
(non crédité)

Carl Ekberg

Adolf Hitler
(non crédité)

Herbert Evans

Reeves
(non crédité)

Réalisation
- Fritz Lang
Scénario
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Anecdotes
Very little indeed remains of Geoffrey Household's original novel in this adaptation, but the author, interviewed about it over 30 years later, conceded that "Fritz Lang made a smashing film out of my book."

Gaffes
As Thorndike is being chased through London, the pub in the background has bat-wing doors of the sort found in Western saloons in the US. No pub in Great Britain has such doors; they have proper doorways that keep out the rain, fog and snow.

Citations
Captain Alan Thorndike: Every good soldier needs a crest for his cap. And you shall have your pin, set with diamonds if you wish.

Versions alternatives
The Academy Film Archive preserved Chasse à l'homme (1941) in 2000.

Connexions
Edited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Une histoire seule (1989)

Bandes originales
She Was Poor but She Was Honest
(uncredited)
Music by R.P. Weston
Lyrics by Bert Lee
Sung by the street singers

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7/10

A great thriller from right before USA entered WWII

"Man Hunt" is an excellent thriller that doesn't look like it is almost eighty years old, and is one of my favorite Fritz Lang films. Ahead of its time in the complexity of its characters, it is about a man (Walter Pidgeon) who tries to assassinate Hitler but gets caught. Left for dead at the bottom of a cliff by the authorities, he lives and makes his way to a boat on its way to London. However, on the ship there is someone all too interested in his story. Soon he realizes he is being followed and, once back in England, turns to Joan Bennett for help. Lang manages to do a very good job of portraying the Nazis in a more complex and insightful manner than other films of this time period (it was made in 1941).

Rumors were at the time (2009) that this was cleaned up and released on DVD to capitalize on the DVD release of Tom Cruise's Valkyrie. Oh well, I'll take my classic films any way that I can get them.