An engineer is hired to plan the construction of a undersea tunnel between Europe and the US. However, certain interests don't want to see the tunnel built and use every means at their disposal, including sabotage and murder, to stop its construction.
Is this thing worth your time? If you like movies that feel like a dusty museum exhibit that suddenly decides to become an action flick, then yes. It is definitely worth a watch for the sheer audacity of the premise. But if you need modern pacing or characters that make sense, you will probably hate it. It’s very 1930s...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Curtis Bernhardt
Wilfred Lucas
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"Is this thing worth your time? If you like movies that feel like a dusty museum exhibit that suddenly decides to become an action flick, then yes. It is definitely worth a watch for the sheer audacity of the premise. But if you need modern pacing or characters that make sense, you will probably hate it. It’s very 1930s. It’s very loud. The whole idea of an undersea tunnel between Europe and the US is wild. Even for 1933, the scale of it feels like a fever dream. The movie takes its own engineer..."
Edmond Van Daële
Curtis Bernhardt, Alexandre Arnoux, Bernhard Kellermann, Reinhart Steinbicker
Germany
