Directed by:
Carol ReedScreenplay:
Harry KurnitzCinematography:
Desmond DickinsonComposer:
John AddisonCast:
James Mason, Claire Bloom, Hildegard Knef, Ljuba Welitsch, Karl John, Ernst Schröder, Hilde Sessak, Aribert Wäscher, Geoffrey ToonePlots(1)
The Man Between is often considered a companion piece to The Third Man thanks to its atmospheric portrayal of a city struggling to survive in a grim post-war reality of poverty and mistrust. The action is here transposed to a divided Berlin, and to the beginning of the Cold War. Unlike the devilish Harry Lime, Mason’s world-weary dealer Ivo Kerr is ultimately still a decent man, compelled by his love for a naïve schoolteacher to make one last misguided trip through the Brandenberg Gate, with potentially tragic consequences. (StudioCanal UK)
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James Mason
UK
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Claire Bloom
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Hildegard Knef
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Ljuba Welitsch
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Karl John
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Ernst Schröder
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Hilde Sessak
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Aribert Wäscher
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Geoffrey Toone
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