Academy Awards, USA 1943
| Nominated Oscar | Best Writing, Original Screenplay Michael Powell Emeric Pressburger |
| Best Effects, Special Effects Ronald Neame (photographic) C.C. Stevens (sound) |
Anglo-American Film Corporation
Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
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A British bomber is shot down over the Netherlands after making a run into Germany. They parachute to safety and befriend some local children in the woods. After proving their identities, the locals decide to help them escape and concoct and elaborate scheme to get them across the country. They change identities several times, dress as women and do whatever is necessary to evade the occupying Nazis. Eventually they reach the North Sea where they escape by boat. Exciting story that evades sentimentality, but characters are not fully developed and as a result seem somewhat aloof.
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