Rating of
2.5/4
Poor film but a great performance
Ichabod Crane - wrote on 11/17/09
A film that does not really work for the most part. It has a lot of relationship that are not fully written and a lot of scenes that really are pointless. Its spy story is fairly okay the ending of it works quite well actually. The rest does not though. The characters for the most part are poorly developed and it is another film that painfully simplifies the Spanish civil war. The climax is good as are the main male character and the antagonist but no one else. One biggest problem I have are the terrible child actors in this film. Especially the young boy I could not stand his complete lack of any acting ability what so ever.
Oscar Win Best Actor Paul Lukas 5/5- Paul Lukas is great in his role and is the best part of the film. He is particularly good in the final climax which stops this film from being a 2 star. He is good as the father role, and then he completely goes into better territory when he takes action at the end.
