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January 1945 (USA) more
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A downed American bomber crew quickly falls prey to the clever interrogation techniques of the Germans in this dramatic training film. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar. more
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Nice use of archetypes. more (7 total)

Cast

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Louis Adlon ... Major Franz Kohmer (uncredited)
Rand Brooks ... Pilot (uncredited)
Frederic Brunn ... German Yard Guard (uncredited)
George Dolenz ... Major Franz Komer (uncredited)
Poldi Dur ... Nazi Nurse (uncredited)
Carl Esmond ... Major von Behn - Nazi Commandant (uncredited)
Steven Geray ... Dr. Victor Münz - Camp Doctor (uncredited)
Arthur Kennedy ... Sergeant Alfred Mason (uncredited)
Sam Locke ... Nazi (uncredited)
Lloyd Nolan ... USAF Debriefing Officer (uncredited)
George O'Hanlon ... American Pilot at Headquarters (uncredited)
Don Porter ... Lieutenant Frank L. Williams, Jr. - American Co-pilot (uncredited)
Otto Reichow ... German Prison Guard (uncredited)
Henry Rowland ... German Sergeant Renser (uncredited)
Hans Schumm ... German Guard (uncredited)
James Seay ... Captain James Spencer (uncredited)
Kent Smith ... Captain Reining - American Working for the Nazis (uncredited)
Craig Stevens ... B-26 Pilot (uncredited)
Charles Tannen ... Sergeant Freulich - German Prison Plant (uncredited)
Mel Tormé ... American Pilot (uncredited)
Peter van Eyck ... Captain Granach - Young Nazi Officer (uncredited)
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski ... Herr Mahler - German Red Cross Representative (uncredited)
Max Wilk ... Nazi (uncredited)
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70 min | USA:66 min
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Major von Behn - Nazi Commandant: Just as there is no such thing as an innocent question, there is no such thing as a valueless statement. more
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Version of Target Unknown (1951) more

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7 out of 8 people found the following review useful.
Nice use of archetypes., 6 January 2005
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Author: L_Miller from United States

Other comments cover the quality; the interesting part is how the Germans identify the weaknesses of each man and play to them. I don't know if the Nazis were always as subtle as this (I imagine a lit cigarette to the groin or pulling out a few fingernails to a subject or his friends would encourage a frank and open discussion).

Good film, relatively propaganda free. It's interesting to watch the way American WWII propaganda treats the Germans as opposed to the Japanese. The Germans are usually portrayed as sophisticated and slimy while the Japanese are shown as little more than cunning animals. Compare "Identification of the Japanese Zero" with this film.

Watchable on its own terms, interesting to watch the Germans working on each guy in their own way and piecing together the scraps they get from each man to finding the whole story. I imagine the black-bag boys at Gitmo are doing much the same thing.

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