Who would be the audience for this movie? Some effete lower middle-class folk who didn't get out much?
I mention class because this hypocritical film is riddled with it. A lady of the house fancies a servant (sound familiar?) - causing shock and horror all around. But wait a minute, this bit of rough is charming, very well-spoken, and of high moral standards. He could almost be...middle-class. Low and behold, he becomes m/c after a promotion in the military. As his lady love points out, the servant class won't exist after the war (WW2).
It's also heavy on the propaganda - we're all foreigners in a way and shouldn't look down on others (although the French are fair game, according to the movie) and let's have a 'United Nations' and no upstairs/downstairs. Warning - I am making this film sound much more interesting than it is.
There is one sub-plot that goes absolutely nowhere, involving one character seeking favors at the Foreign Office on behalf of another character. In any other film, this would be a spy set-up. But not here.
I like 1940s black and whites (which is why I'm reluctantly giving this a 5). I like the actress who plays 'Joan' but as the other reviewers (so far) suggest, be prepared for disappointment.
I mention class because this hypocritical film is riddled with it. A lady of the house fancies a servant (sound familiar?) - causing shock and horror all around. But wait a minute, this bit of rough is charming, very well-spoken, and of high moral standards. He could almost be...middle-class. Low and behold, he becomes m/c after a promotion in the military. As his lady love points out, the servant class won't exist after the war (WW2).
It's also heavy on the propaganda - we're all foreigners in a way and shouldn't look down on others (although the French are fair game, according to the movie) and let's have a 'United Nations' and no upstairs/downstairs. Warning - I am making this film sound much more interesting than it is.
There is one sub-plot that goes absolutely nowhere, involving one character seeking favors at the Foreign Office on behalf of another character. In any other film, this would be a spy set-up. But not here.
I like 1940s black and whites (which is why I'm reluctantly giving this a 5). I like the actress who plays 'Joan' but as the other reviewers (so far) suggest, be prepared for disappointment.