WWII is entering its last phase: Germany is in ruins, but does not yield. The US army lacks crucial knowledge about the German units operating on the opposite side of the Rhine, and decides to send two German prisoners to gather information. The scheme is risky: the Gestapo retains a terribly efficient network to identify and capture spies and deserters. Moreover, it is not clear that "Tiger", who does not mind any dirty work as long as the price is right, and war-weary "Happy", who might be easily betrayed by his feelings, are dependable agents. After Tiger and another American agent are successfully infiltrated, Happy is parachuted in Bavaria. His duty: find out the whereabouts of a powerful German armored unit moving towards the western front.

Blues in the Night

1941

English

6.7

♡ 3

53%

jazz singer or musician

Music

Musical

train ride

Anatole Litvak Director

William Hopper as Billiard Player

Joyce Compton as Blonde

Anthony Warde as Del's Henchman #1

Jack Carson as Leo Powell

A struggling band find themselves attached to a fugitive and drawn into a series of old feuds and love affairs, as they try to stay together and find musical success.

Anastasia

1956

English

7.0

♡ 19

93%

Anatole Litvak Director

Ingrid Bergman as Anna Koreff

Helen Hayes as Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna

Stratford Johns as Press Photographer

John G. Heller as Reporter

Russian exiles in Paris plot to collect ten million pounds from the Bank of England by grooming a destitute, suicidal girl to pose as heir to the Russian throne. While Bounin is coaching her, he comes to believe that she is really Anastasia. In the end, the Empress must decide her claim.

Sorry, Wrong Number

1948

English

7.3

♡ 11

86%

husband wife relationship

Anatole Litvak Director

Joyce Compton as Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend

Amzie Strickland as Dance Team Member

Wendell Corey as Dr. Philip Alexander

Dorothy Neumann as Elizabeth Jennings

Leona Stevenson is confined to bed and uses her telephone to keep in contact with the outside world. One day she overhears a murder plot on the telephone and is desperate to find out who is the intended victim.

The Snake Pit

1948

English

7.5

♡ 17

100%

Anatole Litvak Director

Lee Patrick as Asylum Inmate

Dorothy Neumann as Champion - Miss Neumann

Barbara Pepper as Patient

Ann Doran as Valerie

Virginia Cunningham is confused upon finding herself in a mental hospital, with no memory of her arrival at the institution. Tormented by delusions and unable to even recognize her husband, Robert, she is treated by Dr. Mark Kik, who is determined to get to the root of her mental illness. As her treatment progresses, flashbacks depict events in Virginia's life that may have contributed to her instability.

Tell Me Tonight

1932

French

6.0

♡ 4

Action

Comedy

Music

Anatole Litvak Director Sinoël

Sinoël as

Charles Lamy as Balthazar

Magda Schneider as Mathilde

Charlotte Lysès as Mme. Pategg

Opera singer Enrico Ferraro, tired of his too many engagements, jumps off the train escaping from his manager and changes to another going to the Riviera. He makes a friend and stops at a village, where (it seems) he can at last have some well deserved holidays, with the added interest of meeting a beautiful girl in the surroundings.

Five Miles to Midnight

1962

English

6.2

♡ 11

husband wife relationship

love triangle

newspaper

staged death

Anatole Litvak Director

Gig Young as David Barnes

Sophia Loren as Lisa Macklin

Anthony Perkins as Robert Macklin

Jacques Marin as (uncredited)

American ex-Air Force man and current businessman Bob Macklin is married to the impoverished Italian-born Lisa. Bob’s jealousy and immaturity irks Lisa, who tells him she’s planning to file for a divorce before his plane departs on a business trip for Casablanca.

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

1938

English

7.0

♡ 5

62%

Anatole Litvak Director

Edward G. Robinson as Dr. Clitterhouse

Irving Bacon as Foreman of Jury

Claire Trevor as Jo Keller

Amzie Strickland as Patient

A wealthy society doctor decides to research the medical aspects of criminal behaviour by becoming one himself. He joins a gang of thieves and proceeds to wrest leadership of the gang away from its extremely resentful leader.

Mayerling

1936

French

7.0

♡ 5

74%

Anatole Litvak Director

Odette Talazac as La nourrice de Marie

Yolande Laffon as L'archiduchesse Stéphanie

Charles Boyer as L'archiduc Rodolphe

Vladimir Sokoloff as Le chef de la police

Rudolf, the only heir to Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary, is trapped in a loveless marriage to a Belgian princess. As he seeks to flee his stifling environment, he meets the beautiful Maria, and the two enter into a scandalous affair. Despite the interference of the Emperor, the couple refuse to give each other up.

The Night of the Generals

1967

English

7.2

♡ 31

43%

Anatole Litvak Director

Gordon Jackson as Captain Engel

Raymond Gérôme as Colonel

Nigel Stock as Otto

Joanna Pettet as Ulrike

A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He lands on three major Nazi generals as suspects, two of whom are also involved in a plot to kill Adolf Hitler.

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

1939

English

6.7

♡ 13

100%

Anatole Litvak Director

Hans Schumm as Bismarck Officer with Crew List

Edward G. Robinson as Edward Renard

Francis Lederer as Kurt Schneider

Regis Toomey as Tom - in Coffee Shop

FBI agent Ed Renard investigates the pre-War espionage activities of the German-American Bund.

The Long Night

1947

English

6.5

♡ 7

50%

Anatole Litvak Director

Shirley Jean Rickert as Girl in the Theater

Murray Alper as Mac - Bartender

Vincent Price as Maximilian

Ellen Corby as Observer in Crowd

City police surround a building, attempting to capture a suspected murderer. The suspect knows there is no escape but refuses to give in.

Lilac

1932

French

6.5

♡ 4

Crime

Drama

Anatole Litvak Director

André Luguet as André Lucot

Marcelle Romée as Coeur de lilas

Lydie Villars as La crevette

Carlotta Conti as Mme. Novion

Also known as Lilac, this early Anatole Litvak-directed talkie was based on a play by Tristan Bernard and Charles Henry Hirsch. The story bears traces of the Bertold Brecht-Weill piece The Threepenny Opera, with heroine Lilac (Marcelle Romeo) consorting with the criminal scum of Paris. Lilac falls in love with a handsome detective (Andre Luguet), but he doesn't let his emotions stand in the way of his duty, and in the end he reluctantly turns her over to the authorities. At $120,000, Coeur de Lilas was one of the most expensive movies to come out of France in 1931, but it more than made back its cost at the box-office.

Goodbye Again

1961

English

7.0

♡ 3

60%

75%

Drama

love affair

older woman younger man relationship

Anatole Litvak Director

Sacha Distel as

Raymond Gérôme as Jimmy

Lee Patrick as Madame Fleury

Ingrid Bergman as Paula Tessier

Middle-aged businesswoman Paula Tessier rejects the advances of her client's amusing 25-year-old son, Philip Van der Besh, but reconsiders when her longtime philandering partner begins yet another casual affair with a younger woman. She soon learns that May-December romances with older women are frowned upon in society.

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Decision Before Dawn

Blues in the Night

Anastasia

Sorry, Wrong Number

The Snake Pit

Tell Me Tonight

Five Miles to Midnight

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

Mayerling

The Night of the Generals

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

The Long Night

Lilac

Goodbye Again