Erna Fielder (Marta Labarr), a female German spy during World Ward Two, falls in love with Paul Benoit (Charles Oliver), the French spy she had been detailed to trap and expose. Love wins out but not without some tense moments and complications.
Is it worth your time? If you have a thing for black-and-white spy dramas that feel like they were pulled from a rainy afternoon television schedule in 1955, then maybe. It’s definitely not for anyone looking for tight pacing or modern thrills. You’ll probably hate it if you get annoyed by people staring at each other ...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Victor Hanbury
Dallas M. Fitzgerald
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"Is it worth your time? If you have a thing for black-and-white spy dramas that feel like they were pulled from a rainy afternoon television schedule in 1955, then maybe. It’s definitely not for anyone looking for tight pacing or modern thrills. You’ll probably hate it if you get annoyed by people staring at each other for minutes on end instead of just talking. I sat through Second Bureau yesterday, and honestly, it’s a weirdly polite movie. Spying is supposed to be dangerous, right? But here, ..."
Ákos Tolnay, Reginald Long, Charles Robert-Dumas
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