Fritz Bauer Institut · Cinematography of the Holocaust
ID |
FBW001266 Fiction |
Country / Year |
USA, 1946 |
Original Title |
Notorious |
Directed by |
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Produced by |
RKO (Radio Keith Orpheum) Radio Pictures, Inc., Los Angeles, CA / New York, NY |
Staff |
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock; Script: Ben Hecht; Camera: Ted Tetzlaff; Special optical effects: Vernon L. Walker, Paul Eagler; Editing: Theron Warth; Art direction: Albert S. D'Agostino, Carroll Clark; Set decoration: Darrell Silvera, Claude E. Carpenter; Costumes: Edith Head; Music: Roy Webb; Musical direction: Constantin Bakaleinikoff |
Cast |
Cary Grant (Devlin); Ingrid Bergman (Alicia Huberman); Claude Rains (Alexander Sebastian); Louis Calhern (Paul Prescott); Leopoldine Konstantin (Mme. Sebastian); Reinhold Schünzel (Dr. Anderson); Moroni Olson (Walter Beardsley); Ivan Triesault (Eric Mathis); Alexis Minotis (Joseph); Wally Brown (Mr. Hopkins); Gavin Gordon (Ernest Weylin); Charles Mendl (Commodore); Ricardo Costa (Dr. Barbosa); Eberhard Krumschmidt (Hupka); Fay Baker (Ethel); Antonio Moreno (Senor Ortiza); Frederick Ledebur (Knerr); Luis Serrano (Dr. Silva); William Gordon (Adams); Charles D. Brown (Judge); Ramon Nomar (Dr. Silva); Peter von Zerneck (Rossner); Fred Nurney (Huberman); Herbert Wyndham (Mr. Cook); Aileen Carlyle (Woman at Party); Harry Hayden (Defense Counsel); Dink Trout (Clerk at Court); Howard Negley (Photographer); Frank Marlowe (Photographer); George Lynn (Photographer); Warren Jackson (District Attorney); Howard M. Mitchell (Bailiff); Sandra Morgan (Woman); Lillian West (Woman); Beulah Christian (Woman); Leota Lorraine (Woman); Almeda Fowler (Woman); Garry Owen (Motor Cop); Lester Dorr (Motor Cop); Patricia Smart (Mrs. Jackson); Tina Menard (Maid); Richard Clark (Man); Francis McDonald (Man); Frank Wilcox (FBI Man); John Vosper (Reporter); Eddie Bruce (Reporter); Donald Kerr (Reporter); Ben Erway (Reporter); Emmett Vogan (Reporter); Paul Bryar (Reporter); Alan Ward (Reporter); James Logan (Reporter); Bea Benaderet (File Clark); Virginia Gregg (File Clark); Bernice Barrett (File Clark); Ted Kelly (Waiter); Alfredo De Sa (Ribero) |
Length |
101' |
Format |
35mm/sw/1:1,37 |
Abstract |
Alicia Huberman is the daughter of a man convicted of spying for the Nazis, a playgirl of dubious reputation who is known well in the international set. American agent Devlin is assigned to watch Alicia Huberman, but he quickly learns that she rejects her father's political leanings. He also falls in love with her, and the two end up in Rio de Janeiro. Alexander Sebastian is a Nazi who runs a chemical plant in Rio, and the US intelligence agency wants to learn all it can about the operation. Alicia agrees to help get the information, meeting Alexander Sebastian and expressing some attraction for the man. They soon marry, a development Devlin is not too fond of, but accepts as part of the spy business. During a party at Alexander Sebastian' mansion, Devlin and Alicia Huberman secretly visit the wine cellar and find a mysterious ore in the bottles. Before the ore can be analyzed, Alexander Sebastian begins to suspect that his wife is a spy and he begins to slowly poison Alicia Huberman. Just before succumbing, Alicia Huberman calls Devlin, who drives to the mansion and rescues her, exposing Alexander Sebastian as incompetent to his German masters and leaving the shifty little Nazi to his fate. Devlin and Alicia go on to have a happy life together. |
Subject Terms |
Americans; Anti-Nazi films (US); National Socialists; Foreign agents; Espionage; USA |
Holdings |
- Films, Inc., Chicago, IL; 16mm |
Materials |
- Svenska Filminstitutet, Stockholm; Dialogue sheets |
Bibliography |
- Rohmer, Eric / Chabrol, Claude: Hitchcock, Classiques du Cinéma, Vol. 6, Paris: Editions Universitaires, 1957 |