I am a nuclear spy
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | I am a nuclear spy |
| Original title | The Thief |
| Country of production | United States |
| Publishing year | 1952 |
| length | 85 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Russell Rouse |
| script | Russell Rouse Clarence Greene |
| production |
Clarence Greene Harry M. Popkin |
| music | Herschel Burke Gilbert |
| camera | Sam Leavitt |
| cut | Chester Schaeffer |
| occupation | |
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I'm a nuclear spy is an American detective film directed by Russell Rouse from 1952. The film is considered a one-off because there is not a single dialogue in it. The premiere in Germany took place in 1953.
action
The physicist Dr. Allan Fields works for the American Atomic Energy Agency . At the same time, Fields is a spy for a foreign power. Well organized and planned, Fields can take secret photos of his top secret work and smuggle them into hostile countries through a spy network in New York . After the courier was killed in a traffic accident in Central Park , the authorities found the container with the secret microfilms and documents.
Fields is under suspicion of espionage, the FBI is investigating. Increasingly panicked, unsettled by fear and doubt, Fields hides in a cheap hotel and waits for instructions over the phone. He is ordered to the Empire State Building . His contact woman is followed by an FBI agent on the way there. Fields meets his contact woman on the observation deck. She sends him travel documents for an exit by ship. The FBI man watches the handover, realizes Fields is the recipient, and follows him down the stairwell to the top of the building. Having reached the top platform with no way out, there is a confrontation with the FBI agent, during which he, kicked by Fields, falls fatally from a ladder. Fields escapes. Returning to his hotel room, Fields is tormented by ever more tormenting nightmares and remorse, goes to the rescue ship and its gangway, but turns around, goes through New York at night to the FBI building and surrenders.
Reviews
“An attempt, ultimately doomed to fail, to make a film without any dialogue, only with sounds and music. Bloodless, cumbersome spy film with tense actors. "
Awards
1953:
- Oscar nomination for Best Score - Herschel Burke Gilbert
- Golden Globe nomination in the categories of Best Film - Drama , Best Actor - Drama (Ray Milland), Best Cinematography B / W (Sam Leavitt), Best Screenplay (Clarence Greene and Russell Rouse), Best Young Actress (Rita Gam)
background
- Russell Rouse, who won an Oscar for his screenplay for the film Bettgeflüster in 1960 with Clarence Greene , had the entire soundscape synchronized so that not a single word could be heard in the film.
- Rita Gam can be seen in her first role in a motion picture alongside Oscar winner Ray Milland (honored in 1946).
- Cinematographer Sam Leavitt later earned Oscar honors (1959)
Web links
- I am an atom spy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ I am a nuclear spy. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .