None Shall Escape [1944] [DVD]Marsha Hunt (actor) Alexander Knox (actor)
Format: all region dvd (worldwide) Runtime: 86 min Quality: Digital (4:3 B/W)
German military officer Wilhelm Grimm is tried for crimes committed during the Second World War, and his life and career is shown in a series of flashbacks. Returning seriously injured and disenchanted from the Great War to a village on the German-Polish border, his subsequent actions caused him banishment from the community and he is attracted to the Nazi Party. Drama, starring Alexander Knox.
A very interesting and extremely clever movie, which examines in depth the career of a high-ranking German officer during his trial for war crimes. What lends this plot value is that the film, though set after the First World War, was made and released before the end of the Second World War, and proved to be extraordinarily prescient.
Director Andre De Toth keeps the story suspenseful and elicits excellent performances from Marsha Hunt and Henry Travers, perhaps best known for his angel Clarence in It's a Wonderful Life. This is
intelligent movie-making and deserves to be better known. |