Derek Winnert

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Eye of the Needle *** (1981, Donald Sutherland, Kate Nelligan, Christopher Cazenove, Ian Bannen, Stephen MacKenna) – Classic Movie Review 8843

Director Richard Marquand’s 1981 British wartime romantic adventure thriller film Eye of the Needle stars Donald Sutherland, who is on best menacing form as Herr Faber, the deadly Nazi agent who discovers a ruse by […]

Aug, 19

The House on Carroll Street **** (1987, Kelly McGillis, Jeff Daniels, Mandy Patinkin) – Classic Movie Review 8227

Director Peter Yates’s impeccable 1987 thriller The House on Carroll Street stars Kelly McGillis in her prime, at the peak of her popularity and on fine form as Emily Crane, a Fifties witchhunt blacklist victim, […]

Mar, 11

Nurse Edith Cavell ***(1939, Anna Neagle, Edna May Oliver, George Sanders, May Robson, Zasu Pitts, H B Warner, Alan Marshal) -Classic Movie Review 8037

Producer-director Herbert Wilcox’s moving 1939 biographical drama Nurse Edith Cavell stars Anna Neagle in one of her most famous roles as Edith Cavell, the gallant, dedicated English nurse who so loyally and bravely served the allied troops […]

Jan, 20

Germany Year Zero [Germania Anno Zero] ***** (1948, Edmund Moeschke, Ernst Pittschau, Ingetraud Hinze, Franz-Otto Krüger, Erich Gühne) – Classic Movie Review 7541

Director Roberto Rossellini’s 1947 Italian neo-realist masterpiece classic drama Germany Year Zero [Germania Anno Zero] is a horrific portrait of Germany in the aftermath of the Second World War, as experienced by a 12-year-old lad (Edmund […]

Sep, 04

Ten Seconds to Hell ** (1959, Jack Palance, Jeff Chandler, Martine Carol) – Classic Movie Review 7489

Director Robert Aldrich keeps the tension reasonably high in his 1959 thriller Ten Seconds to Hell, despite a contrived, none too credible plot device, the unattractive characters, poor German accents and the insipid romantic interludes. […]

Aug, 24

Morituri [The Saboteur, Code Name Morituri] ** (1965, Marlon Brando, Yul Brynner, Trevor Howard, Janet Margolin) – Classic Movie Review 7,276

The double Oscar-nominated 1965 action war thriller film Morituri stars Marlon Brando, reprising his tormented German character as a World War Two spy called Robert Crain helping the British grab a German freighter helmed by […]

Jul, 10

In The Fade [Aus dem Nichts] ***** (2017, Diane Kruger, Denis Moschitto, Numan Acar) – Movie Review

Really good, serious-minded German thriller. Diane Kruger great! Writer-director Fatih Akin’s In The Fade [Aus dem Nichts] (2017) is a really good, serious-minded, grown-up German thriller. Diane Kruger is great as Katja Sekerci, who seeks revenge after […]

Jun, 22

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