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GB, 1934. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Book: Charles Bennett, DB Wyndham-Lewis. By: Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre, Frank Vosper, Hugh Wakefield, Nova Pilbeam, Pierre Fresnay among others Length: 75 minutes. Rated: Suitable for 12 years. Available on DVD and Blu-ray.
The English Lawrence family learns on vacation in St. Moritz acquainted with the charming Louis. As a mother, Jill evening shake a leg with him at the hotel, he was shot through the window. With his last breath he asks her out to ensure the important note from his room. Husband Bob will also find a message containing information about an apparent assassination plot. Shortly after kidnap her daughter and unknown force the pair to remain silent. Back in England, even after researching Bob and is a conspiracy on the track.
"The Man Who Knew Too Much" was the 1934 Alfred Hitchcock major international breakthrough. Not only in England but also in the US, the film was extremely successful and made its director finally famous. Nevertheless Hitch himself was never really happy with the movie. shell napkin rings In 1956 he turned no doubt why the generally much more well-known US remake starring James Stewart and Doris Day. Hitchcock described his original later than the work of a talented amateur, the remake as the work of a professional. Very self-critical, an amateur he was not at that time a long time. Where can attest soberly that this film works here already shell napkin rings clear in the rough, really like a rough draft, not only due to the time and technical possibilities.
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Despite all of this it is difficult to deny that things do not go here quite round. Besides the already mentioned bumpiness in narrative does not quite fit into the picture, in remarkably trigger-end. Overall, the film, in fact, appears somewhat crudely put together, which can not only be pushed to his age. Hitchcock presented shell napkin rings a year later with "The 39 Steps" much more mature and callous. Highly shell napkin rings visible not only the ravages of time already hard at "The Man Who Knew Too Much" gnawed - significantly shell napkin rings more than in some other films of this time - certainly removed at that time he was still far from perfect. In addition, there are now times the "revised" version, which itself is already shell napkin rings considered a classic today. For Hitchcock fans still a must-see, but to look at the career of this exceptional artist to ve