An RAF pilot who was shot down during WWII returns home to his English village with his new bride. The trouble is that she is the German lady who helped him escape.
Acting
Mai Zetterling's silent suffering could shatter stone.
Direction
Dearden weaponizes English politeness into something truly chilling.
Writing
The tagline becomes a trap — the real question is who deserves home.
Director
Basil Dearden
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released when Britain still housed German POWs, it sparked actual parliamentary debates about 'fraternization' crimes.
Zetterling, a Swedish actress, spoke no German — her lines were phonetically learned from a refugee dialect coach who'd fled the actual regime.
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