Product Details

• Actors: Conrad Veidt, Vivien Leigh, Joan Gardner, Anthony Bushell, Ursula Jeans
• Directors: Victor Saville
• Format: Black & White, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Homevision
• VHS Release Date: September 21, 2001
• Run Time: 79 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0780020626
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #67,735 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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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

Product Description

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.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Dark Journey-- a Vivien Leigh film pre-Gone with the Wind, October 13, 2001

By	Leigh A. Mills "leighuf" (NH) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought this video to add to my growing collection of Vivien Leigh films. Of course, this is a must have. It captures Vivien before the Gone with the Wind phenomenon. On a whole, the plot was a bit slow and the sound quality made it difficult to understand all the actors, many of which have thick accents. What makes this film worthwhile is Vivien's performance. She truly carries the film! Vivien Leigh only made a handful of films, and it is interesting to hear the change in her voice. In her last few films her voice is husky, an effect of her habitual smoking. Though, in her earlier films, like DARK JOURNEY, her voice is light and almost musical. DARK JOURNEY is a must have for any serious Vivien Leigh fan!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent movie, September 2, 1998

By	Digger's Domain "Digger's Domain" (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews

Takes place during WWI. Although the main characters are spies, we don't really see them do much spying. The true story is a love story between a French agent and a German agent, and how they each put duty before love. Conrad Veidt and Vivien Leigh both excellent. Only problem is tho it takes place in Sweden and France, with characters of those nationalities as well as German, everybody has an English accent - except Veidt, of course! END

5.0 out of 5 stars WORK THAT SUCCESSFULLY COMMANDS SEVERAL GENRES, October 20, 2005

By	Rsoonsa (Lake Isabella, California) - See all my reviews

This film features superb direction by Victor Saville, a magnificent cast led by Conrad Veidt and Vivien Leigh, outstanding production design and costumes while a complex script blends high adventure and romance; a scenario that perfectly makes order from wartime chaos and faith from despair. By combining varying themes and by a masterful use of extras, Saville clearly brings forth one of the better British efforts of the 1930s.