Address Unknown (1944)

Directed by

William Cameron Menzies

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 15m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 29 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two families drift apart as Nazi ideology takes hold. One friend in America tries to reconnect with his former business partner in Germany, only to receive cold responses. The story follows the personal and political unraveling of their relationships.

melancholictenseshadowysuspensefulsomberclaustrophobicvisually starkeerie

What happens

Address Unknown is a 1944 American film noir drama film directed by William Cameron Menzies based on Kressmann Taylor's novel Address Unknown (1938). The film tells the story of two families caught up in the rise of Nazism in Germany before the start of World War II. Cinematographer Rudolph Maté employed shadows, shapes and camera angles to create the imagery. One notable scene shows Martin Schulz (Paul Lukas) descending a staircase awaiting his arrest by the Gestapo, with the shadow of a web-like criss-cross of window panes behind him. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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