Movie

The Man Between

1953 · 100 min

A shadowy, morally tangled thriller that wraps you in post-war unease and a doomed, tender romance amid ruins.

Tagline: Terror! Vice! Violence! He stopped at nothing!
Overview: A British woman on a visit to post-war Berlin is caught up in an espionage ring smuggling secrets into and out of the Eastern Bloc.
How it feels: Tense, melancholic, dark and romantic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Betrayal, redemption, guilt, love
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: betrayal
redemption
guilt
love
survival
Places: big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Claire BloomSuzanne Mallison
James MasonIvo Kern
Hildegard KnefBettina
Geoffrey TooneMartin Mallison
Hilde SessakLizzi
Aribert WäscherHalendar
Ernst SchröderOlaf Kastner
Dieter KrauseHorst
Karl JohnInspector Kleiber
Ljuba WelitschOpera singer
Reinhard KolldehoffKolldehoff EaEasstern German Police Officer commanding the hunt for Ivo Kern and Susanne Mallison (uncredited)
Frederick SchillerConstruction Worker on Generator (uncredited)
Emile StemmlerWaiter in Restaurant (uncredited)