Rather good bit of wartime propoganda from Powell and Pressburger.
As the Germans are knocked off we have nice scenes, with excellent performances from the greats like Olivier and Walbrook.
The narrative stance is really rather odd, following those we are meant to hate. Our attention in each scene is though drawn to our interlocurs rather than them (except as listeners). It is an interesting move to read the ideologies in everyday practices, and we would love to see such narrative structures repeated more.
The German characters don't particularly, with maybe three exceptions, stand out from one another, but the action, after a bit of a slow start, is kept moving well. It doesn't become too predicatble, throwing up a few surprises.
Good propoganda, good film.
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