AKA "Blackout". Early in World War II, Danish sea captain Andersen, delayed in a British port, tangles with German spies. www.imdb.com/ti...
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@LouiseOC17 ай бұрын
Great film, a nice change to see Conrad Veidt as a hero for once! Thanks for posting it.
@rwolfson19354 жыл бұрын
Michael Powell, one of the great directors! One of the best films I've seen in ages. Fantastic upload, utterly charming!
@junheceta2682 жыл бұрын
Fantastic film!!! Rom-com espionage, I love it. Conrad Veidt and Valerie Hobson had great chemistry both here and in Spy in Black. It must be remembered that, besides being a superb actor, Veidt was a dedicated anti-Nazi who left his native Germany after refusing to divorce hiswife, who was Jewish. He spe t the rest of his life supporting the Allied war effort and caring for children orphaned or left homeless by the London blitz. Like most actors who often played villains, he was in real life a kind hearted man. Sadky he died too soon. The film, I think, was shot in darkness in several key scenes because of the real blackouts in effect in England at the time
@rescuepetsrule68422 жыл бұрын
Fun with Conrad. Forget about the film quality and enjoy a true classic from the days when such things actually happened, although in a grim way. TY for the post!
@maggiesmith26007 жыл бұрын
This has been described as " a cross between a Hitchcock thriller and a romantic comedy - with bondage". There's something in that, all right. When the Captain threatens to clap his difficult passenger in irons if she doesn't obey him, she smirks as though she might find that a turn on. I don't usually care for Valerie Hobson, who is too stiff and stately for my taste, except in the two films she made with Conrad Veidt. ( The other is The Spy In Black.) Working with him seemed to liberate something inside her. They had so much chemistry together that the fact that he was literally twice her age - 46 to her 23 - didn't matter.
@Laura-Lee8 жыл бұрын
A Fun Film. Good plot; good acting, good World War 2 action, wonderful oerformance by Conrad Veidt and a lot of tongue in cheek humor too. Thanks for the upload. Enjoy, Everyone. I did. L-L
@loribrom838910 жыл бұрын
Delighted to see bits from this film with Conrad Veidt and Valerie Hobson. Althought I have a VHS of it, it's nice to view a bit on youtube. What I like so much about this film is the bits of humor that were in it, especially with Veidt. It's a shame the world lost this actor in 1943 from a heart attack (hereditary), who knows what he could have accomplished after Casablanca.
@mumandauntyglad9 жыл бұрын
Yes a great actor, and very likable actor
@cleona1307 жыл бұрын
It's a shame the world lost the art of making fun exciting films with interesting story lines, well written and good dialogue.
@JarrodCook936 жыл бұрын
I'd like think that if he lived to his 70s then he would have been in The Great Escape as a camp guard.
@susannebass10 жыл бұрын
Veidt was one of the greatest German actors in all time. His films are classic masterpieces! Thanks very much for posting.
@tommytwogloves16 Жыл бұрын
I loved Conrad! A real German Hero!
@1LSWilliam2 жыл бұрын
I simply love this movie, exuding good taste at every turn. Who knew that Contraband might be so immediately satisfying and uncomplicated?
@corriepitt76306 жыл бұрын
Great fun, this film -- and Conrad Veidt is wunderbar, as always. Too bad he and Valerie Hobson only made two films. Great chemistry. The Spy in Black is also great - but (spoiler alert) not so great an ending for Conrad Veidt at the end. He and Hobson reportedly got along famously in person as well. Their ease with each other makes their scenes scintillate. Thanks for this! P.S. I vote for restoration of this film.........
@paulcaron4002 жыл бұрын
Ja vol wunderbar
@180mph92 жыл бұрын
Wow, wasn’t expecting that, a bit fuzzy but a great movie. Thanks for posting.
@tonymarzocco89623 жыл бұрын
Veidt, such a great actor! He never got an Oscar but he sure deserves the Iron Cross! LOL
@russellgrenning13175 жыл бұрын
Conrad Veidt (1893 - 1943) appeared in more than 100 movies in his lifetime beginning with silent movies in Germany including the first movie to ever portray homosexuality sympathetically in 1919. During the 1920s in Germany he was one of the best paid and most popular actors and had no trouble moving smoothly into talkies. In 1933 when the Nazis came to power he and his Jewish wife fled to the UK where he resumed his career. In 1941 he went to the USA after donating his life savings to the British government to help finance the war effort. Realising that he would be typecast as a Nazi character in the USA - notably as Major Strasser in Casablanca (1942) - he insisted that his contract include the provision that all such characters should be villains.
@1LSWilliam2 жыл бұрын
Finely executed movie-making. Hopefully this excellent film can be restored.
@cleona1309 жыл бұрын
Great film, way misunderstood! It only received a 1.5 star rating by TCM. Valerie Hobson is so elegant and wonderfully convincing as Mrs. Sorenson . A thoroughly entertaining performance by Hay Petrie, as Axel/Eric Skold! If you ever worked in a restaurant owned by a chef, you get twice the enjoyment! The musical score was amazing for this production. The only problem with the film is the quality of the filming. However, it was filmed during the war and very likely a black-out. I'd give the film 3.5 stars. Each time I watch it I find more to enjoy. Very clever. Thank you so much for the posting!
@angela57838 жыл бұрын
+Cleona Harrot as i read what you, cleona, wrote, i feel as if you pealed the words right off my tongue. you keep writing & i won't need to; just to read you. muah
@cleona1308 жыл бұрын
+Angie Pelavinoo hi I just saw your post. another favorite of mine with Valerie Hobson is Adventures of Tartu starring Robert Donat. FYI if you haven't seen it
@emmettecraft5 жыл бұрын
Conrad Veidt was an awesome actor....Germany's best ever!
@morganjones19666 жыл бұрын
Great not seen this film in ages I love the old ones
@1LSWilliam2 жыл бұрын
"Vikings do not need a reason to fight," a perfect justification for what happens next.
@k.g.j.24043 жыл бұрын
Überhaupt gibt's ja keine Männer mit Klasse mehr, aber Conrad der war super schön und ahhhh traumhaft
@michaelmatthewkomaromigabr95884 жыл бұрын
ANOTHER GOOD MOVIE FROM THE PAST
@bruceghent87762 жыл бұрын
Wonderfully witty film. Suspense and comedy.
@thatguyinelnorte2 жыл бұрын
"H11" was not HMS Leopard. It was HMS Basilisk, a B-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy around 1930. Initially assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet, she was transferred to the Home Fleet in 1936. The ship escorted convoys and conducted anti-submarine patrols early in World War II before participating in the Norwegian Campaign. Basilisk was sunk by German aircraft during the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940. So essentially right after the film was released...
@1LSWilliam2 жыл бұрын
Imagine the Viking blood still flowing in a "very tough" Danish captain. Love it.
@akarpowicz7 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't it have been faster to send the message via airmail or encrypted cable? Of course, then we wouldn't have needed Veidt and all those great character actors. Great movie.
@maggiesmith26007 жыл бұрын
I have never cared for Valerie Hobson. She's too stiff and stately for my taste, except in the two movies she made with Conrad Veidt: Contraband and The Spy in Black. He somehow brought out something playful and sexy in her. Their chemistry was so intense that the fact that he was literally twice her age ( 46 to her 23) doesn't matter . Contraband has been described as " a cross between a Hitchcock thriller and a screwball comedy - with bondage." which just about sums it up. Notice that when Veidt threatens to clap Hobson in irons, she smirks, as though she might find that a turn-on ; - ) .
@Macmark10 жыл бұрын
Great stuff...fun to see Conrad "Major Strasser" Veidt as a good guy. Just watched Night Train to Munich with Paul "Victor Lazlos" Henreid as a Nazi. Thanks for the upload!
@jrcadet410 жыл бұрын
It's interesting to recall that Conrad Veidt was resolutely anti-Nazi, and fled to England a week after marrying Illona Prager (she was Jewish). But while back in Germany to finish a film, Veidt was detained by the Gestapo until his British manager could arrange to get him safely out. It readily explains why he gave such powerful performances playing Nazi villains---he'd seen the real thing at terrifyingly close range.
@cleona1307 жыл бұрын
Mark I loved Mr. Veidt in "Dark Journey" with Vivian Leigh. Love it.
@jimclark62562 жыл бұрын
If you want the passengers to wear a life jacket, then you need your crew to wear them. It's called leading by example . Loses any creditably quickly when the captain goes to hunt the passengers. He has no authority off his ship.
@diabolomenthe49217 жыл бұрын
Nice movie and actors
@1LSWilliam2 жыл бұрын
You could not beat the Brits, until today. They are beaten, cowed into sumission, and have lost their way.
@1LSWilliam2 жыл бұрын
"Submission." I make too many typos and I apologize.
@jimclark62562 жыл бұрын
The only thing the British could beat was people armed with spears. They certainly did not beat anyone in ww1 and 2.
@GrumpyYank262 жыл бұрын
I wish there was a remastered version avail somewhere?
@cleona1309 жыл бұрын
Oh yes, the floor shows were hardly Busby Berkeley, very funny to a classic movie watcher. Be sure to watch the scene where the fight begins. The ladies in the band stand up and their legs stay sitting with legs crossed! I didn't notice it until I had watched it the third time.
@davidnorcross13848 жыл бұрын
+Cleona Harrot yes, it's great, about 1:16:17
@gerrygeorge14688 жыл бұрын
Dear Cleona, that was *deliberate*; novelty-sets like that being common-place decor in good-class night clubs, then, as opposed to now, and particularly before WWII, when the predominantly upper-class clientele were very different to the cosmopolitan multifarious classes of people who patronise today's understanding of night clubs. The girls in the band were merely sitting in front on this *fence*-type, painted-plywood façade. Best wishes. Gerry.
@chriscaraway36257 жыл бұрын
Veidt and Hobson are great, as are the supporting players. TCM hasn't a clue.
@cleona1307 жыл бұрын
of course, but I think it was in part Michael Powell's sense of humor that included that scene as was the cleverness of his direction of the restaurant scene. I worked in a very fine restaurant very similar years ago and it was just like that. I wonder if he worked in a restaurant before becoming a director?
@BoPeep86 ай бұрын
The images are too blurry for comfortable viewing. What a pity! Perhaps the film has been restored elsewhere?
@WJack972244 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this movie. BTW, what is the name of that tune that is repeated throughout the movie?
@abhijitmukherjee720 Жыл бұрын
Old is Gold always
@1LSWilliam2 жыл бұрын
Delightfully malicious equally to all.
@emilyr86682 жыл бұрын
That was so cute!
@kathykang11232 жыл бұрын
HELL YRAH IT WAS
@emilyr86682 жыл бұрын
@@kathykang1123 you didn't even finish it yet stfu
@sarge5050502 жыл бұрын
This movie was filmed in Fuzzovision
@ralphshelley9586 Жыл бұрын
Even better.
@kennethbooker49553 жыл бұрын
Another British film good cast romance
@Maria-ej5hh Жыл бұрын
Gracias 👌🏾
@philipinchina Жыл бұрын
Wonderful fun but a sad ending.
@1LSWilliam2 жыл бұрын
Where to? "The Vikings," of course, that is, "The Three Vikings" for those who know London. One delightful bit of British humour after the next.
@Moronvideos19408 жыл бұрын
I downloaded this
@davidnorcross13848 жыл бұрын
+Moronvideos1940 congrats
@MrUhwoody8 жыл бұрын
A-1 Flick.
@bluefish45803 жыл бұрын
Great film! Shame about the period stereotypes at the night club but that was 70 years ago now!!
@luisabosso85918 жыл бұрын
entertaining but lousy resolution.
@voicequest8 жыл бұрын
seems to me that claud rains played a small role in this movie?
@maggiesmith26006 жыл бұрын
I didn't see him, but Peter Bull and Leo Genn play The Brothers Grimm.
@michaeldanello39665 жыл бұрын
A few friends of mine frequently confuse Claude Raines with Leo Genn, who played Grimm in this film. Personally I think there is more of a resemblance to Robert Newton -- side profile
@mancerayder33823 жыл бұрын
I thought it was Rains the whole time I was watching the film. The accent is different but sometimes actors are good at disguising their voices.
@Wotdermatter9 жыл бұрын
Pennant H11 was designated to a submarine, not a surface vessel. H.M.S. Leopard, pennant F14 was an anti aircraft frigate. Strange how film makers get away with so much poetic licence.
@holmanrw4 жыл бұрын
How could I not have thought of that before, they could have even found some excuse to list all RN ships with there recognition codes. Just the job in the middle of a war.
@thatguyinelnorte2 жыл бұрын
H11 was HMS Basilisk, a B-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy around 1930. Initially assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet, she was transferred to the Home Fleet in 1936. The ship escorted convoys and conducted anti-submarine patrols early in World War II before participating in the Norwegian Campaign. Basilisk was sunk by German aircraft during the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940.