Desperate Moment
TERROR races through the streets of BERLIN!
- 1953
- 1h 28m
- Thriller
Rating: 6.5 out of 10TMDB(2 votes)
Overview
Story of a Dutchman's flight across post-war Germany trying to locate the man who alone can clear him of a false murder charge. (BFI Website)
Fun facts
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Filming locations
Filmed in Pinewood Studios
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Setting
Set in Germany
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Music
Music by Ronald Binge
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Cinematography
Cinematography by C. M. Pennington-Richards
Details
- Director
- Writers
- George H. BrownWriter
- Patrick KirwanWriter
- Martha AlbrandNovel
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 17, 1953
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
Production
Cast
Dirk BogardeSimon Van Halder
Mai ZetterlingAnna DeBurg
Philip FriendCapt. Bob Sawyer
Albert LievenPaul Ravitch, alias Schleger
Fritz WendhausenWarder Goeter
Carl JaffeCellblock Guard Becker
Gerard HeinzGerman Prison Doctor- Andre MikhelsonPolizei Inspector
- Harold AyerCapt. Trevor Wood, U.S. Army
Walter GotellRavitch's Servant-Henchman
Friedrich JoloffValentin Vladek, alias Winter
Simone SilvaMink, Valentin's girl
Theodore BikelAnton
Ferdy MayneBerlin detective
Walter RillaColonel Bertrand
Paul HardtmuthShip's Watchman- Vernon MorrisGerman boy
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