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The Traitor (1957 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Traitor' is a 1957 British drama film directed by Michael McCarthy and starring Donald Wolfit, Robert Bray, Jane Griffiths and Anton Diffring.
Premise
A former resistance fighter tries to discover the traitor who has betrayed his colleagues in the German resistance during the Second World War.
Cast
* Donald Wolfit as Colonel Charles Price
* Robert Bray as Major Shane
* Jane Griffiths as Vicki Toller
* Carl Jaffe as Professor Stefan Toller
* Anton Diffring as Joseph Brezina
* Christopher Lee as Doctor Neumann
* Oscar Quitak as Thomas Rilke
* Karel tpnek as Mayor Friederich Suderman
* Frederick Schiller as Alfred Baum
* Rupert Davies as Clinton, the butler
* John Van Eyssen as Lieutenant Bobby Grant
* Colin Croft as Theodore Dehmel
Theme music
The film's title music, "Prelude Without A Name", and incidental music were written and conducted by Jackie Brown. The solo pianist was Dennis Wilson.
Critical reception
'Sky Movies'wrote, "The specially written musical piece, Prelude, which has a vital part to play in the plot's unfolding, is hauntingly appealing. But too much talk tends to spoil the script's surprises." 'The Radio Times' noted, "Nuance was not Donald Wolfit's strong suit, but he had presence and power in spades. He totally dominates this story with a bluster and conviction that keeps an uninspiring tale of the hunt for a Second World War traitor from falling flat on its face." 'TV Guide' concluded, "This is an offbeat espionage whodunit with some nervy moments."
Around the film
* On a very similar plot line, the French filmmaker Julien Duvivier directed in 1959 'Marie-Octobre', also known as 'Secret Meeting', starring Danielle Darrieux and based on a novel by Jacques Robert published in 1948.
References
Bibliography
* Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. 'The British 'B' Film'. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.
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