The Saboteur: Code Name Morituri (1965)
(Morituri)
Country: US
Technical: bw 122m
Director: Bernhard Wicki
Cast: Yul Brynner, Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Janet Margolin
Synopsis:
A German in the Far East is coerced by the British into impersonating an SS officer aboard a ship carrying a cargo of rubber from Japan to Europe. His mission, to prevent the captain scuttling the ship in the event of allied interference, is compromised by his relationship with a young Jewess on board.
Review:
Never mind the clumsy title, this is a suspenseful, detailed, excellently photographed thriller, with Brando intensifying every scene in which he appears, and while reprising his principled Nazi from The Young Lions. The film avoids categorisation as a 'go in and blow it up' war film, or as an anti-war statement, showing only too well how attitudes to war are dictated by individual circumstance.
(Morituri)
Country: US
Technical: bw 122m
Director: Bernhard Wicki
Cast: Yul Brynner, Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Janet Margolin
Synopsis:
A German in the Far East is coerced by the British into impersonating an SS officer aboard a ship carrying a cargo of rubber from Japan to Europe. His mission, to prevent the captain scuttling the ship in the event of allied interference, is compromised by his relationship with a young Jewess on board.
Review:
Never mind the clumsy title, this is a suspenseful, detailed, excellently photographed thriller, with Brando intensifying every scene in which he appears, and while reprising his principled Nazi from The Young Lions. The film avoids categorisation as a 'go in and blow it up' war film, or as an anti-war statement, showing only too well how attitudes to war are dictated by individual circumstance.
(Morituri)
Country: US
Technical: bw 122m
Director: Bernhard Wicki
Cast: Yul Brynner, Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Janet Margolin
Synopsis:
A German in the Far East is coerced by the British into impersonating an SS officer aboard a ship carrying a cargo of rubber from Japan to Europe. His mission, to prevent the captain scuttling the ship in the event of allied interference, is compromised by his relationship with a young Jewess on board.
Review:
Never mind the clumsy title, this is a suspenseful, detailed, excellently photographed thriller, with Brando intensifying every scene in which he appears, and while reprising his principled Nazi from The Young Lions. The film avoids categorisation as a 'go in and blow it up' war film, or as an anti-war statement, showing only too well how attitudes to war are dictated by individual circumstance.