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Conrad Veidt (an early refugee of Hitler) and Vivien Leigh supply the chief interest in
Dark Journey--they, and trying to follow what the hell is going on from scene to scene. During World War I, Stockholm in neutral Sweden is a hotbed of international espionage--an especially perplexing situation since everyone, regardless of nationality, speaks veddy British English. Madeleine (Leigh), a couturier with a Swiss passport, goes often to Paris to buy fashions, but really to collect troop-movement information for her employers, the German High Command. The vulpine Karl (Veidt) is a shameless playboy defector from Der Vaterland who's traded war-making for nightclub-hopping. However, if we strain, we remember that at the beginning of the film he seemed to be head of the German Secret Service. So really, these two work for the same side, right? And there will be no complications if they fall in love? You'd be surprised. Every two minutes.
--Richard T. Jameson
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One of Britain's great romantic classics of the 1930s,
Dark Journey stars Oscar®-winner Vivien Leigh (
Gone With the Wind,
A Streetcar Named Desire) as a beautiful double spy who falls in love with her greatest enemy. Set in neutral Stockholm during World War I, this thrilling drama is directed by renowned British director Victor Saville (
Evergreen) with a touch of Hollywood glamour. As the owner of an exclusive dress shop, Madeleine (Leigh) makes frequent trips to Paris for gowns--and the false Allied secrets she delivers to the Germans. She loses her heart to the darkly handsome Baron von Marwitz (Conrad Veidt,
Casablanca) only to discover that he is the head of German Intelligence. Bound by duty, the enemy agents continually try to outwit each other up until the final, perilous sea chase that seals their fate.
