Between Two Worlds (1944)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.3/10   

Director:

Edward A. Blatt

Escritores:

Sutton Vane (play)
Daniel Fuchs (screenplay)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

20 mayo 1944 (USA)

Género:

Misterio | Drama | Fantasía | Aventura | Acción

Plot:

Several people are killed in a London air raid. They each awake aboard a strange ship which will deliver each of them either to heaven or hell...

Plot Keywords:

Air Raid | Ship | Steward | Prayer | Mother Son Relationship

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Forgotten film deserves more recognition...

Reparto

John Garfield	...	Tom Prior
Paul Henreid	...	Henry Bergner
Sydney Greenstreet	...	Reverend Tim Thompson
Eleanor Parker	...	Ann Bergner
Edmund Gwenn	...	Scrubby
George Tobias	...	Pete Musick
George Coulouris	...	Mr. Lingley
Faye Emerson	...	Miss Maxine Russell
Sara Allgood	...	Mrs. Midget
Dennis King	...	Reverend William Duke
Isobel Elsom	...	Genevieve Cliveden-Banks
Gilbert Emery	...	Benjamin Cliveden-Banks

También conocida como:

Entre dos mundos (Spain) [es]

Duración:

112 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Clasificación:

USA:Approved (PCA #9761) | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Compañía:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivialidades:

The play "Outward Bound" opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 7 January 1924 and closed in May 1924 after 144 performances. The opening night cast included Dudley Digges, Leslie Howard, J.M. Kerrigan, Alfred Lunt and Beryl Mercer. There was one Broadway revival in 1938, directed by Otto Preminger.

Citas:

Tom Prior: I read a great epitaph once, I'm gonna steal it for myself.
Scrubby: Sir?
Tom Prior: Here lies Prior, died a bachelor. Wifeless. Childless. Wish his father'd died the same.

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en Between Two Worlds: Erich Wolfgang Korngold (2001) (TV)

Forgotten film deserves more recognition...

I finally had an opportunity to see this largely "forgotten" film, one of my favorites dealing in a mystical way with the afterlife. A remake of "Outward Bound" ('30), it was updated to World War II and begins with an air raid in which several people are unable to seek shelter. Afterwards, they find themselves on a strange ship and only gradually come to realize they are all dead--and about to be judged by a man called The Examiner (Sydney Greenstreet). The disparate group of people include some of the dependable Warner contract players: John Garfield, Eleanor Parker, Paul Henried, Faye Emerson, Edmund Gwenn, Isobel Elmson and Sara Allgood.

Thoughtful and well written (though talky and showing its stage origins), it permits us to examine the passengers one by one as they reveal their fears and foibles--each having substantial roles in a series of vignettes that will lead to their ultimate destination--heaven or hell.

It's fascinating, handsomely produced amid low-key film noir lighting and the performances are all first-rate. John Garfield and Paul Henried give the strongest performances in the meatiest roles but the others are all more than competent, including the lovely Eleanor Parker.

Erich Wolfgang Korngold's score happens to be one of his personal "favorites" and I can certainly see why. It is melancholy, lyrical and mysterious--in keeping with the "otherworldly" elements of a film about passengers on their way to another world.

An oddly interesting film, thought provoking and well worth viewing. It's a wonder no one has produced a remake since the material lends itself to endless possibilities.