Confessions of a Nazi Spy

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David K 04/20/2023 The Warner Bros style on display. Tough, no nonsense style shot with the feel of a documentary. This was really the first studio-produced film that dealt with the threat of Nazi Germany and resulted in a lot of blowback for the Brothers Warner. If you need any context on the environment this film came out in, you must watch Ken Burns' documentary "The US and the Holocaust". Although my dad, a Jewish man, who was 27 at the time the war started, said some things about this period in time, it was a brief and insufficient overview. Burns paints a far more detailed picture of Nazi sympathies in the US, including in the Roosevelt Administration. What Confessions does is give a contemporary account that appeared 2.5 years before the US entered the war. And, they did a very good job at it. Not the 100 Tomatometer rating from critics, but definitely worth your time. See more j f @LiberteBurrows 04/09/2023 Great picture. Especially for the time. But, it does seem that Warner Bros went out of their way to not mention or insinuate anything that could be construed as referring to a Mr. Heinrich Ford. See more Jeff M @Jmo54 02/08/2022 Under-rated. The first Hollywood film to tackle the subject of Nazism aggressively in a riveting manner. See more Paul D @PaulusLoZebra 01/19/2021 Anatole Litvak's Confessions of a Nazi Spy is a very good movie and an outstanding work of propaganda. It is much more direct and straightforward, and less artistic, than some other famous propaganda films such as Foreign Correspondent, Casablanca and Saboteur. However, those came later than Litvak's and they owe a lot to him and to Warner Brothers for this early and bold attempt to warn America about the Nazi threat. Litvak was highly, personally motivated to make this film, and he knew a lot about the threat, because by 1939 he had already fled Russia because of the Bolsheviks, and Germany and France because of the Nazis. See more 08/29/2019 A wonderful snapshot of cinematic & world history combined. Made BEFORE the US entered WW2 it shows American propaganda at its best. The valid fears of Americans (if somewhat sensationalized) that even translates to TODAYS politics. Robinsin is his usual tough good guy smart self. Paul Lucas is actually believable as the German-American nazi super fanatic. Add a little George Sanders, Henry O'Neill, Sig Ruman & Francis Lederer & it's well worth watching every minute. See more 11/12/2017 It sure is okay if the US puts out propaganda movies ... cough See more Read all reviews

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