Dorothea Angermann

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"The two earlier reviewers are of course entitled to their opinions but I feel that they have been unduly harsh in their criticism of this opus. It is certainly not a classic, indeed that epithet could hardly be applied to any of the films made by Robert Siodmak during his late German period but it still has a great deal to recommend it. This is the second time Siodmak has directed an adaptation of a Gerhard Hauptmann play and has utilised the stylistic devices of his earlier Film Noirs and his renowned gift with actors to give us a compelling, psychologically penetrating piece of film-making...."