The Impostor (1944)
- Directed by
- Julien Duvivier
- Genre
- drama film, war film
- Country
- France, United States
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 11 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A Frenchman who is condemned to death escapes and assumes the identity of a soldier who has died. He joins the Free French forces in Africa and fights against the Nazis, but his secret past threatens to catch up with him.
sombertensegrittymelancholicpatrioticsuspensefulslow-burnwar-weary
What happens
The Impostor (aka Strange Confession) is a 1944 American drama war film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Jean Gabin, Richard Whorf and Ellen Drew. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Eugène Lourié and John B. Goodman. It was one of two films Gabin made in Hollywood where he had travelled following the Fall of France in 1940. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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