Courier to Trieste
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Courier to Trieste |
| Original title | Diplomatic Courier |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1952 |
| length | 97 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Henry Hathaway |
| script |
Casey Robinson Liam O'Brian |
| production | Casey Robinson |
| music | Sol Kaplan |
| camera | Lucien Ballard |
| cut | James B. Clark |
| occupation | |
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Kurier nach Triest (Original title: Diplomatic Courier ) is an American black and white film from 1952. Directed by Henry Hathaway . The leading roles were cast with Tyrone Power , Patricia Neal , Stephen McNally and Hildegard Knef . Casey Robinson , who also produced the film, wrote the script . The book is based on the novella "Sinister Errand" by Peter Cheyney . In his home country the film was first shown on June 13, 1952, and in the Federal Republic of Germany on January 30, 1953.
action
On his flight from Paris to Salzburg, the American agent Mike Kells meets an elegantly dressed young woman. It turns out that she is widowed and wants to attend the festival at her destination. Kells, on the other hand, has a different task: he is supposed to receive a secret microfilm from Sam Carew, who works at the American embassy in Bucharest, and smuggle it into the United States. After arriving in Salzburg, Mike sees Sam Carew, but he doesn't pay any attention to him. Kells therefore suspects that his colleague is being watched by Soviet agents. His suspicions are confirmed when they travel to Trieste on the Arlberg Express.
When the train goes into a tunnel, it suddenly gets dark. But Kells can see two men throwing Sam Carew out of the window. He then gets in touch with his superior, Colonel Cagle. He asks him to look for a blond young woman who has ridden with him on the train. To his surprise, Kells found a photo of the wanted girl named Janine Betki and her hotel address in Trieste in his jacket pocket. However, it does not seem to have arrived there. Mike then visits several nightspots in the vicinity of the hotel in the hope of finding the one he is looking for. Instead of her, however, he meets Joan Ross again, his friend from the plane. As soon as this has moved away from the table, Mike is harassed by a strange dealer who offers him various watches for sale. In one copy, Mike recognizes his colleague Sam Carew's watch. When he expresses interest in it, the stranger gives him an address and hurries away. Mike chases after him and sees the man throwing the watch away. Shortly afterwards, the stranger is run over by a car. As soon as Mike has found the watch, he goes to the house mentioned. Janine Betki welcomes him there. This affirms that she is a Russian agent, but has since changed sides. As a reward, Sam had promised her that he would work for her entry into the United States. As a token of his trust, Mike gives her to Sam's watch.
Finally, Joan Ross also turns out to be a Soviet agent. It was only by chance that Mike was not killed. When, exhausted, he reports the incident to Colonel Cagle, Janine gives the Americans a microfilm with important secret plans of the Soviets. The document was in Sam's watch. Now Mike has the certainty that Janine is on his side. After a few daring maneuvers, he manages to get the girl and himself to safety. They now want to go their further path together.
criticism
"Espionage and adventure film from the Cold War era - effectively and excitingly staged according to a familiar scheme and performed above average."
"Masterfully staged espionage thriller with Tyrone Power, who smuggled a microfilm during the Cold War."
source
Program for the film, published by the publishing house Das neue Filmprogramm , H. Klemmer, Frankfurt am Main, Taunusstr. 52–60, without number
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 (1988), p. 2128
- ↑ http://www.moviepilot.de/movies/kurier-nach-triest